Cyrtulus undatus, common name Legrand's wavy spindle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
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| Cyrtulus undatus from Philippines | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Cyrtulus |
| Species: | C. undatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyrtulus undatus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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The species was originally described as Murex undatus by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1791.[2]
Description
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The shell is large and fusiform, reaching lengths of about 60–253 millimetres (2.4–10.0 in). It is ventricose with a high, pointed spire. The whorls show undulating angular sculpture and fine transverse striations. The base of the whorls may show nodose ornamentation. The aperture is elongate and the outer lip is denticulate.[2]
Taxonomy
editThe species was originally described as Murex undatus by Gmelin in 1791. It was later placed in the genera Fusus and Fusinus. A revision of the subfamily Fusininae by Vermeij and Snyder (2018) transferred the species to the genus Cyrtulus.[4]
Distribution
editCyrtulus undatus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, including the Philippines, Japan (Wakayama), Indonesia, Vietnam, the Solomon Islands, the Marshall Islands and Tahiti.[1]
Habitat
editThe species inhabits sandy or muddy bottoms, typically at depths greater than 20 m. Living individuals are occasionally observed on sand at night. Empty shells are frequently occupied by hermit crabs.[1]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cyrtulus undatus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318015 on 2020-12-07
- 1 2 Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae [System of Nature by Carl Linnaeus] (in Latin). Vol. 1(6) (13 ed.). Leipzig: G. E. Beer. p. 3553.
- ↑ Lamarck, M. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature : Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers [Encyclopedic and Methodical Table of the Three Kingdoms of Nature: Molluscs and Various Polyps]. Vol. 3. Chez Mme. veuve Agasse, imprimeur-libraire, rue des Poitevins, no 6.
- ↑ Vermeij, G. J.; Snyder, M. A. (1 January 2018). "Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae)". Basteria. 82 (4–6): 57–82. ISSN 0005-6219.
- Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.
- Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cyrtulus undatus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1318015 on 2026-02-20
External links
edit- "Fusinus (Fusinus) undatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig. pp. 3021-3910]
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