Cyrillia | |
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Shell of Cyrillia ephesina (holotype at MNHN Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Cyrillia Kobelt, 1905 |
Type species | |
Murex linearis Montagu, 1803
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Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Cyrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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.[2]
Wikidata ☰ Q76448982 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillia.
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