Cytharomorula Explained

Cytharomorula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

Species

Species within the genus Cytharomorula include:

• Cytharomorula absidata Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
• Cytharomorula ambonensis (Houart, 1996)
• Cytharomorula arta Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
• Cytharomorula benedicta (Melvill & Standen, 1895)
• Cytharomorula danigoi Houart, 1995
• Cytharomorula dollfusi (Lamy, 1938)
• Cytharomorula elegantula Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
• Cytharomorula fatuhivaensis Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
• Cytharomorula grayi (Dall, 1889)
• Cytharomorula lefevreiana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
• Cytharomorula manusuduirauti Houart, Zuccon & Puillandre, 2019
• Cytharomorula ornamentata (Houart, 1995)
• Cytharomorula paucimaculata (Sowerby III, 1903)
• Cytharomorula pinguis Houart, 1995
• Cytharomorula severnsi Houart, 2020
• Cytharomorula springsteeni Houart, 1995
• Cytharomorula vexillum Kuroda, 1953

Species brought into synonymy:

• Cytharomorula pleurotomoides (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Orania pleurotomoides (Reeve, 1845)

References

• Kuroda, T. (1953) New genera and species of Japanese Gastropoda (1). Venus, 17, 179–185
• Houart R., Zuccon D. & Puillandre N. (2019). Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex. 20 (Hors série 12): 1-52.