Cyrillia

Cyrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Cyrillia
Shell of Cyrillia ephesina (holotype at MNHN Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Cyrillia
Kobelt, 1905
Type species
Murex linearis
Montagu, 1803
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cenodagreutes E. H. Smith, 1967
  • Cordieria (Cirillia) Monterosato, 1884 (invalid: junior homonym of Cirillia Rondani, 1856 [Diptera]; Cyrillia is an emendation and Lineotoma is a replacement name)
  • Lineotoma F. Nordsieck, 1977

Description

The shells are rather small (5 to 10 mm), showing a reticulate structure. The aperture is piriform. The outer lip is slightly crenulate, within incrassate and distinctly denticulate.[2]

Species

References

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