''Cyrillia'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia Kobelt, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578680 on 2019-11-24]
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.
Kobelt, W. (1887-1908). ''Iconographie der schalentragenden europäischen Meeresconchylien. 1: 1-171'' pl. 1-28 [1887]. Part 2: 1-16 pl. 29-32 [1888] 17-40 pl. 33-38 [1889] 41-104 pl. 39-50 [1900] 105-139 pl. 51-58 [1901]. Part 3: 1-24 pl. 59-62 [1902] 25-200 pl. 63-78 [1903] 201-272 pl. 79-84, 86-87 [1904] 273-406 [1905]. Part 4: 1-80 pl. 99-114 [1906] 81-172 pl. 115-126 [1908].
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Species
* ''Cyrillia aequalis
''Cyrillia aequalis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia aequalis (Jeffreys, 1867). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
'' (Jeffreys, 1867)
* ''Cyrillia ephesina
''Cyrillia ephesina'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Ro ...
'' (Pusateri, Giannuzzi-Savelli & Stahlschmidt, 2017)
* † ''Cyrillia georgesi
''Cyrillia georgesi'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia georgesi (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018) †. Accessed through: World Regis ...
'' (Ceulemans, Van Dingenen & Landau, 2018)
* '' Cyrillia kabuli'' (Rolán, Otero-Schmitt & F. Fernandes, 1998)
* ''Cyrillia linearis
''Cyrillia linearis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia linearis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.mar ...
'' (Montagu, 1803)
* † '' Cyrillia michalidesi'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2020
* '' Cyrillia obesa'' (Høisæter, 2016)
* ''Cyrillia zamponorum
''Cyrillia zamponorum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & R ...
'' (Horro, Gori & Rolán, 2019)
References
External links
Smith E.H. (1967). ''Two new species of British turrids''. The Veliger. 10(1): 1-4
Monterosato T. A. (di) (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Palermo, Virzi, 152 pp
Fassio, G.; Russini, V.; Pusateri, F.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Høisæter, T.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2019). An assessment of Raphitoma and allied genera (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies
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Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera