Apertural view of the shell of a Fasciolaria tulipa.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
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
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Cinctura Hollister, 1957 (synonym or subgenus of Fasciolaria.)
Iaeranea Rafinesque, 1815
Tarantinaea Monterosato, 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.
The word "tulip" describes the overall shape of the shells of these species, which is like that of a closed tulip flower.
Triplofusus giganteus was named by Louis Charles Kiener in 1840, originally as Fasciolaria gigantea. The species was subsequently assigned to Pleuroploca. The genus...
Fasciolaria tulipa, common name the true tulip, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae. This fiercely...
Fasciolaria magna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies...
banded tulip shell does not grow as large as that of the true tulip, Fasciolaria tulipa. Also the color pattern is different: the color splotches appear...
Lithacodes fasciola, the yellow-shouldered slug or ochre-winged hag moth, is a moth of the family Limacodidae. One generation a year occurs in the north...
Fasciolaria thersites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their...
Fasciolaria bullisi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their...
onuphid worms. Cinctura hunteria is prey to the larger fasciolariids Fasciolaria tulipa and Triplofusus giganteus. They are also prey to the whitespotted...
Fasciolaria tephrina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their...
Fasciolaria curvirostris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and...
Fasciolaria sulcata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their...
characteristic of the Indus coast, particularly Trubinella pyrum and Fasciolaria trapezium, have been found in the archaeological sites of Mesopotamia...
characteristic of the Indus coast, particularly Trubinella Pyrum and Fasciolaria Trapezium, have been found in the archaeological sites of Mesopotamia...
grouped in the closely related genus Fasciolaria. Cinctura was originally proposed as a subgenus of Fasciolaria in 1957 by Solomon Cady Hollister. It...
1840) Triplofusus papillosus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) (Original name, Fasciolaria papillosa, is a nomen dubium.) Wikimedia Commons has media related to...
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