Pustulatirus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamoly Peristerninae of the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
| Pustulatirus | |
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| Pustulatirus sanguineus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Pustulatirus Vermeij & Snyder, 2006 |
| Type species | |
| Latirus mediamericanus Hertlein & Strong, 1951 | |
Species edit
Species within the genus Pustulatirus include:[1]
- Pustulatirus attenuatus (Reeve, 1847)
- Pustulatirus biocellatus Lyons & Snyder, 2013
- Pustulatirus eppi (Melvill, 1891)
- Pustulatirus hemphilli (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
- Pustulatirus mediamericanus (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
- Pustulatirus ogum (Petuch, 1979)
- Pustulatirus praestantior (Melvill, 1892)
- Pustulatirus sanguineus (Wood, 1828)
- Pustulatirus utilaensis Lyons & Snyder, 2013
- Pustulatirus virginensis (Abbott, 1958)[2]
- Pustulatirus watermanorum Lyons & Snyder, 2013
- Species brought into synonymy
- Pustulatirus annulatus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Pustulatirus virginensis (Abbott, 1958)
References edit
- ^ a b c Pustulatirus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 September 2010.
- ^ Pustulatirus virginensis (Abbott, 1958). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
External links edit
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- Vermeij, G. J. & Snyder, M. A. (2006). Shell characters and taxonomy of Latirus and related fasciolariid groups. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 72(4): 413-424
- Lyons, W. G.; Snyder, M. A. (2013). The Genus Pustulatirus Vermeij and Snyder, 2006 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Peristerniinae) in the Western Atlantic, with Descriptions of Three New Species. Zootaxa. 3636(1): 35
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