Syrinx Röding 1798

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

• 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

Syrinx is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken).

Soort

• Syrinx aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)