Syrinx (gastropod)
For other uses, see Syrinx (disambiguation).
| Syrinx | |
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| Syrinx aruanus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbinellinae |
| Genus: | Syrinx Röding, 1798 |
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Syrinx is a monospecific genus of large sea snails with a gill and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae. [1]
Distribution
This marine species can be found along the coasts of northern and western half of Australia and adjacent areas, including eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Species
- Syrinx aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Syrinx annulata Röding, 1798 : synonym of Pustulatirus annulatus (Röding, 1798)
- Syrinx marmorata Röding, 1798 : synonym of Fusinus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)
- Syrinx nicobaricus Röding, 1798: synonym of Fusinus nicobaricus (Röding, 1798)
- Syrinx producta Röding, 1798 : synonym of Fusinus longissimus (Gmelin, 1791)
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2011). Cryptofusus Beu, 2011 . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204588 on 2011-04-27
- Harasewych M.G. & Petit R.E. (1989). The nomenclatural status and phylogenetic affinities of Syrinx aruanus Linné 1758 (Prosobranchia: Turbinellidae). The Nautilus 103(2):83-84
- John D. Taylor and Emily A. Glover, Food of giants – field observations on the diet of Syrinx aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Turbinellidae), the largest living gastropod; F. E. Wells, D. I. Walker and D. S. Jones (eds.) 2003. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia, Western Australian Museum, Perth
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