Syrinx (gastropod)

Syrinx
	Syrinx aruanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Turbinellidae
Subfamily:	Turbinellinae
Genus:	Syrinx; Röding, 1798
species
	See text

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)
Syrinx buccinoidea Röding, 1798 (nomen dubium)

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

^ 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

External links

[WoRMS-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

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