Syrinx (gastropod)

Syrinx
Syrinx aruanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Turbinellidae
Subfamily:	Turbinellinae
Genus:	Syrinx Röding, 1798
species
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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

1. 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