Fasciolaria

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Fasciolaria
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Apertural view of the shell of a Fasciolaria tulipa .
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Subfamily: Fasciolariinae
Genus: Fasciolaria
Lamarck, 1799 [1]
Type species
Murex tulipa
Synonyms
  • CincturaHollister, 1957 (synonym or subgenus of Fasciolaria.)
  • IaeraneaRafinesque, 1815
  • TarantinaeaMonterosato, 1917

Tulip snail or tulip shell is the common name for eight species of large, predatory, subtropical and tropical sea snails from the Western Atlantic. These species are in the genus Fasciolaria. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle shells, tulip shells and their allies.

Contents

The word "tulip" describes the overall shape of the shells of these species, which is like that of a closed tulip flower.

Description

The shell is fusiform. The spire is acuminated. The aperture is oval, elongated, as long as the spire. The siphonal canal is straight. The columella is smooth, with a few oblique plaits at the fore part. The outer lip is internally crenate. [2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), and the Digital Atlas of Ancient Life for the Neogene of the Southeastern United States, the following species with a valid name are included within the genus Fasciolaria : [3]


Species brought into synonymy

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<i>Buccinum</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Trochus</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Turbo</i> (gastropod) Genus of molluscs

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<i>Pinna</i> (bivalve) Genus of bivalves

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<i>Fusinus</i> Genus of gastropods

Fusinus is a genus of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails and tulip snails.

<i>Patella</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

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<i>Pleuroploca</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Pyrene</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

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<i>Astraea</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Astraea is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

<i>Columbella</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Eburna</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Ovula</i> Genus of gastropods

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References

  1. Lamarck J. B. (1799). Mém. Soc. H. N. Paris: 73.
  2. Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  3. WoRMS: Fasciolaria; accessed 7 April 2012
  4. "Fasciolaria rhomboidea". Neogene Atlas of Ancient Life.