Fasciolariidae

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Fasciolariidae
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A live image of Fusinus monksae
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Gray, 1853
Type genus
Fasciolaria
Lamarck, 1799

Fasciolariidae is a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea. Species in Fasciolariidae are commonly known as tulip snails and spindle snails.

Contents

The family Fasciolariidae probably appeared about 110 million years ago during the Cretaceous [1]

Distribution

Fasciolaria scalarina Fasciolaria scalarina 01.JPG
Fasciolaria scalarina
Pleuroploca gigantea Pleuroploca gigantea.jpg
Pleuroploca gigantea
Fasciolaria tulipa Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnaeus, 1758).jpg
Fasciolaria tulipa
Fusinus colus Fusinus colus 01.JPG
Fusinus colus
Fasciolaria tulipa Fasciolaria tulipaProfils.jpg
Fasciolaria tulipa
Euthriofusus peyrerensis Euthriofusus peyrerensis 01.JPG
Euthriofusus peyrerensis
Fusinus sp. from the Pliocene of Cyprus. Fusinus Cyprus Pliocene.jpg
Fusinus sp. from the Pliocene of Cyprus.

The recent species inhabit tropical to temperate waters.

Description

The shells are usually reddish in color and have a moderate to large size, reaching a height between 1.0 and 60 cm. The shells are spindle-shaped and biconic. The spire is elongated. The siphonal canal is well developed and is long to moderately long. The columella varies between a smooth appearance and showing spiral folds. The horny operculum has an oval shape. Their radula is characteristic with narrow central teeth with three cusps. The wide lateral teeth show numerous ctenoid (= comblike) cusps.

Snails in the family Fasciolariidae are carnivorous. They feed on other gastropods and on bivalves. Some also prey on worms and barnacles.

The snails are gonochoristic, i.e. the individuals have just one sex. The female snails deposit their eggs in horny capsules either in a single form or in clusters arranged around a hollow axis. The single forms have a flattened, disk-shaped, or vase-shaped form. The clusters are hemispherical or cylindrical. Development is usually direct. The larvae emerge from the capsules as free-swimming young or as crawling young. [1]

Taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the Fasciolariidae consist of the following subfamilies:

Genera

Genera in the family Fasciolariidae include (fossil genera are marked with a dagger): [2] [3]

subfamily Clavilithinae Vermeij & Snyder, 2018 †
subfamily Fasciolariinae
subfamily Fusininae
subfamily Peristerniinae
Subfamily ?
Genera brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 Snyder M.A. (2003). Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae. Academy of Natural Sciences. ISBN   9780910006576 . Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  2. "Fasciolariidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. WoRMS : Fasciolariidae
  4. WoRMS (2010). Pseudolatirus Bellardi, 1884. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446090 on 2010-08-01