Cinctura lilium
| Cinctura lilium | |
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| Abapertural view of a shell of Cinctura lilium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Cinctura |
| Species: | C. lilium |
| Binomial name | |
| Cinctura lilium (Fisher von Waldheim, 1807) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cinctura lilium, also known as the 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]
This species was previously known as Fasciolaria (Cinctura) lilium, but this combination has never been published validly.
Shell description
The banded tulip shell does not grow as large as that of the true tulip, Fasciolaria tulipa. Also the color pattern is different: the color splotches appear as a redder color (blue in rare areas) and the stripes that give the banded tulip its name are much farther apart.
The shell grows to be 2 ¼ - 4 1/8 inches (5.7-10.5 cm) in length.
Distribution
This species occurs off the coast of South Carolina and in the Gulf of Mexico from the Florida coast to the Gulf coast of Texas, and south into Mexico; in the Caribbean Sea
Habitat
C. lilium is found in sand or muddy sand from 2 to 150 feet depth.
Feeding habits
Little is known about the banded tulip’s diet, but it is assumed that it is similar to that of the true tulip: small gastropods and bivalves.
References
- 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Cinctura lilium (Fischer von Waldheim, 1807). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607921 on 2012-08-23