Cinctura hunteria, the northern banded tulip, 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
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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)

Description

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The shell of Cinctura hunteria exhibits four to seven primary spiral bands.[2]

Distribution

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

Ecology

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Cinctura hunteria is a predator with a diet that includes polychaetes, bivalves, sea squirts, and other snails.[3] It wedges bivalve shells open with the apertural lip of its own shell, which can break the edge of its shell; C. hunteria shells often have repair scars as a result of this damage.[4] A large percentage of its diet consists of onuphid worms.[5]

Cinctura hunteria is prey to the larger fasciolariids Fasciolaria tulipa and Triplofusus giganteus.[5] They are also prey to the whitespotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari.[6]

References

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  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
  2. ^ Snyder, Martin Avery; Vermeij, Geerat J; Lyons, William G (2012). "The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae)". Basteria. 76 (1–3): 31–70.
  3. ^ Dalby, James E. (1989). "Predation of ascidians by Melongena corona (Neogastropoda: Melongenidae) in the northern Gulf of Mexico". Bulletin of Marine Science. 45 (3): 708–712.
  4. ^ Dietl, Gregory P.; Durham, Stephen R.; Kelley, Patricia H. (2010). "Shell repair as a reliable indicator of bivalve predation by shell-wedging gastropods in the fossil record". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 296 (1–2): 174–184. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.013. ISSN 0031-0182.
  5. ^ a b Paine, Robert T. (1963). "Trophic relationships of 8 sympatric predatory gastropods". Ecology. 44 (1): 63–73. doi:10.2307/1933181. ISSN 0012-9658. JSTOR 1933181.
  6. ^ Cahill, Brianna V.; Eckert, Ryan J.; Bassos-Hull, Kim; Ostendorf, Thomas J.; Voss, Joshua D.; DeGroot, Breanna C.; Ajemian, Matthew J. (26 July 2023). "Diet and feeding ecology of the Whitespotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) from Florida coastal waters revealed via DNA Barcoding". Fishes. 8 (8): 388. doi:10.3390/fishes8080388. ISSN 2410-3888.
  • 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.