Cytharomorula, Kuroda, 1953

Houart, Roland & Héros, Virginie, 2008, Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Fiji and Tonga, Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 196, pp. 437-480 : 458

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978-2-85653-614-8

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scientific name

Cytharomorula
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Genus CYTHAROMORULA Kuroda, 1953 View in CoL

Several species here included in Cytharomorula were earlier classified in Pascula Dall, 1908 ( Houart 1995a; 1996b). However, having now seen much more material of both genera, we think that these species are more akin to Cytharomorula than to Pascula . We also realize that some specimens, previously considered as within the range of variation of known species are in fact worthy of specific status. Our present aim is not a revision of ergalataxine genera. However, we feel that a re-examination of the generic assignment of several species is urgently needed.

Currently we consider that Cytharomorula includes the following Recent species:

C. ambonensis Houart, 1996

C. danigoi Houart, 1995

C. grayi ( Dall, 1889) View in CoL

C. lefevreiana (Tapparone Canefri, 1880)

C. paucimaculata (Sowerby, 1903)

C. pinguis Houart, 1995

C. springsteeni Houart, 1995

C. vexillum Kuroda, 1953 (type species)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Muricidae

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