Biology:Cyrtulus undatus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cyrtulus undatus
Fasciolariidae - Fusinus undatus.jpg
Cyrtulus undatus from Philippines
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Cyrtulus
Species:
C. undatus
Binomial name
Cyrtulus undatus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gmelin, 1791 (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Fusus incrassatus Fusinus undatus
  • Lamarck, 1816 Murex undatus

Cyrtulus undatus, common name Legrand's wavy spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Description

Fusinus undatus has a shell that reaches a size of 60 – 253 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-Western Pacific.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cyrtulus undatus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318015 on 2020-12-07
  • Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.
  • Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82.

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