Cyrtulus 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]

Cyrtulus undatus
Cyrtulus undatus from Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:
Fusininae
Genus:
Cyrtulus
Species:
C. undatus
Binomial name
Cyrtulusundatus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusinus undatus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Fusus incrassatus Lamarck, 1816
  • Murex undatus Gmelin, 1791

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. 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.
  • "Fusinus (Fusinus) undatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig. pp. 3021-3910]


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