Cytharomorula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Cytharomorula
Shell of Cytharomorula vexillum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Ergalataxinae
Genus: Cytharomorula
Kuroda, 1953
Type species
Cytharomorula vexillum Kuroda, 1953

Species edit

Species within the genus Cytharomorula include:

Species brought into synonymy

References edit

  • Kuroda, T. (1953) New genera and species of Japanese Gastropoda (1). Venus, 17, 179–185
  • Houart R., Zuccon D. & Puillandre N. (2019). Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex. 20 (Hors série 12): 1-52.