Cinctura hunteria (Perry 1811)

Cinctura hunteria the Northern 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]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Western Atlantic.

Ecology

The diet of the northern banded tulip is unknown but likely similar to Fasciolaria tulipa.

References

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
• Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1–3): 31–70