Cyrtulus serotinus

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Cyrtulus serotinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Cyrtulus
Species:
C. serotinus
Binomial name
Cyrtulus serotinus
Hinds, 1843

Cyrtulus serotinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. [1]

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Description

Shell size 78 mm.

Distribution

Endemic to the Marquesas Archipelago.

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