Nodolatirus is a small genus of sea snails in the family Fasciolariidae, first named in 2013.[1][2]

Nodolatirus
Shell of Nodolatirus recurvirostra (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Nodolatirus
Bouchet & Snyder, 2013
Type species
Murex nodatus
Gmelin, 1791

Species edit

There are four species within the genus Nodolatirus:[2]

Synonyms
  • Nodolatirus recurvirostrus [sic]: synonym of Nodolatirus recurvirostra (Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829) (misspelling)

References edit

  1. ^ Bouchet P. & Snyder M.A. (2013) New and old species of Benimakia (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae) and a description of Nodolatirus, new genus. Journal of Conchology 41(3): 331-341
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Nodolatirus Bouchet & Snyder, 2013. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=732676 on 2020-06-11