Cinctura hunteria

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

Cinctura hunteria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:
Fasciolariinae
Genus:
Cinctura
Species:
C. hunteria
Binomial name
Cinctura hunteria
(G. Perry, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Fasciolaria hunteria (G. Perry, 1811)
  • Fasciolaria lilium tortugana Hollister, 1957
  • Pyrula hunteria G. Perry, 1811 (basionym)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cinctura hunteria (Perry, 1811). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607920 on 2012-08-23
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1–3): 31–70


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