Pustulatirus

Pustulatirus
Pustulatirus sanguineus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Pustulatirus Vermeij & Snyder, 2006
Type species
Latirus mediamericanus Hertlein & Strong, 1951

Pustulatirus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamoly Peristerninae of the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Pustulatirus include:

• Pustulatirus attenuatus (Reeve, 1847)
• Pustulatirus biocellatus Lyons & Snyder, 2013
• Pustulatirus eppi (Melvill, 1891)
• Pustulatirus hemphilli (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
• Pustulatirus mediamericanus (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
• Pustulatirus ogum (Petuch, 1979)
• Pustulatirus praestantior (Melvill, 1892)
• Pustulatirus sanguineus (Wood, 1828)
• Pustulatirus utilaensis Lyons & Snyder, 2013
• Pustulatirus virginensis (Abbott, 1958)
• Pustulatirus watermanorum Lyons & Snyder, 2013

Species brought into synonymy

• Pustulatirus annulatus (Röding, 1798): synonym of Pustulatirus virginensis (Abbott, 1958)

References

External links

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• Vermeij, G. J. & Snyder, M. A. (2006). Shell characters and taxonomy of Latirus and related fasciolariid groups. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 72(4): 413-424
• Lyons, W. G.; Snyder, M. A. (2013). The Genus Pustulatirus Vermeij and Snyder, 2006 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Peristerniinae) in the Western Atlantic, with Descriptions of Three New Species. Zootaxa. 3636(1): 35

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