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, common name 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]
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 on 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