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Cyrtulus mauiensis

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Cyrtulus mauiensis
Shell of Cyrtulus mauiensis (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Cyrtulus
Species:
C. mauiensis
Binomial name
Cyrtulus mauiensis
(Callomon & Snyder, 2006)[1]
Synonyms

Fusinus mauiensis Callomon & Snyder, 2006 (original combination)

Cyrtulus mauiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Hawaii.

References

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  1. ^ Callomon & Snyder (2006). The Venus 65 (3) : 177–191. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 18 April 2010.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cyrtulus mauiensis (Callomon & Snyder, 2006). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318013 on 2020-12-03
  • Callomon P. & Snyder M.A. (2006) On the genus Fusinus in Japan II: F. undatus, F. similis and related Pacific taxa, with the description of F. mauiensis n. sp. Venus, 65(3): 177-191
  • Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82