Fasciolariidae

Fasciolariidae
A live image of Fusinus monksae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda

Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Gray, 1853
Type genus
Fasciolaria, Lamarck, 1799
Genera

See text

The Fasciolariidae, common name the "tulip snails and spindle snails", are a family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.

The family Fasciolariidae probably appeared about 110 million years ago during the Cretaceous [1]

Distribution

Fasciolaria scalarina
Pleuroploca gigantea
Fasciolaria tulipa
Fusinus colus
Fasciolaria tulipa
Euthriofusus peyrerensis
Fusinus sp. from the Pliocene of Cyprus.

The recent species inhabit tropical to temperate waters.

Description

The shells are usually reddish in color and have a moderate to large size, reaching a height between 1.0 and 60 cm. The shells are spindle-shaped and biconic. The spire is elongated. The siphonal canal is well developed and is long to moderately long. The columella varies between a smooth appearance and showing spiral folds. The horny operculum has an oval shape. Their radula is characteristic with narrow central teeth with three cusps. The wide lateral teeth show numerous ctenoid (= comblike) cusps.

Snails in the family Fasciolariidae are carnivorous. They feed on other gastropods and on bivalves. Some also prey on worms and barnacles.

The snails are gonochoristic, i.e. the individuals have just one sex. The female snails deposit their eggs in horny capsules either in a single form or in clusters arranged around a hollow axis. The single forms have a flattened, disk-shaped, or vase-shaped form. The clusters are hemispherical or cylindrical. Development is usually direct. The larvae emerge from the capsules as free-swimming young or as crawling young.[1]

Taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the Fasciolariidae consist of three subfamilies:

Genera

Genera in the family Fasciolariidae include (fossil genera are marked with a dagger):[2][3]

subfamily Fasciolariinae
  • Fasciolaria Lamarck, 1799 - type genus, the Tulip shells
  • Africolaria Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012
  • Aurantilaria Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012
  • Australaria Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012
  • Bellifusus Stephenson, 1941 †
  • Boltenella Wade, 1917 †
  • Brucia Cossmann, 1920 †
  • Calkota Squires & Saul, 2003
  • Cinctura Hollister, 1957
  • Conradconfusus Snyder, 2002 †
  • Cryptorhytis Meek, 1876 †
  • Drilliovoluta Cossmann, 1925 †
  • Drilluta Wade, 1916 †
  • Filifusus Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012
  • Granolaria Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012
  • Haplovoluta Wade, 1918 †
  • Hercorhyncus Conrad, 1869 †
  • Hylus Wade, 1917 †
  • Kilburnia Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012
  • Liochlamys Dall, 1889 †
  • Lirofusus Conrad, 1865 †
  • Lugubrilaria Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012
  • Mariafusus Petuch, 1988 †
  • Micasarcina Squires & Saul, 2003 †
  • Microcolus Cotton & Godfrey, 1932
  • Microfulgur Finlay & Marwick, 1937
  • Mylecoma Squires & Saul, 2003 †
  • Odontofusus Whitfield, 1892 †
  • Paleopsephaea Wade, 1926 †
  • Parafusus Wade, 1918 †
  • Perse B.L. Clark, 1918 †
  • Piestochilus Meek, 1864 †
  • Plectocion Stewart, 1927 †
  • Pleia Finlay, 1930
  • Pleuroploca P. Fischer, 1884
  • Pliculofusus Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012 †
  • Saginafusus Iredale, 1931
  • Scobina Wade, 1917 †
  • Serrifusus Meek, 1876 †
  • Skyles Saul & Popenoe, 1993 †
  • Terebraspira Conrad, 1862 †
  • Trichifusus Bandel, 2000 †
  • Triplofusus Olsson & Harbison, 1953
  • Wadia Cossmann, 1920 †
  • Whitneyella Stewart, 1927 †
  • Woodsella Wade, 1926 †
subfamily Fusininae
  • Africolithes Eames, 1957 †
  • Amiantofusus Fraussen, Kantor & Hadorn, 2007
  • Austrolithes Finlay, 1931 †
  • Chiralithes Olsson, 1930 †
  • Chryseofusus Hadorn & Fraussen, 2003
  • Clavellofusus Grabau, 1904 †
  • Clavilithes Swainson, 1840 †
  • Cosmolithes Grabau, 1904 †
  • Cyrtulus Hinds, 1843 - Cyrtulus serotinus Hinds, 1843
  • Falsicolus Finlay, 1930
  • Falsifusus Grabau, 1904 †
  • Fredenia Cadée & Janssen, 1994 †
  • Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815 - type genus of the subfamily Fusininae
  • Gemmocolus Maxwell, 1992 †
  • Granulifusus Kuroda & Habe, 1954
  • Harasewychia Petuch, 1987
  • Helolithus Agassiz, 1846 †
  • Lepidocolus Maxwell, 1992 †
  • Liracolus Maxwell, 1992 †
  • Mancorus Olsson, 1931 †
  • Ollaphon Iredale, 1929
  • Perulithes Olsson, 1930 †
  • Priscofusus Conrad, 1865 †
  • Profusinus Bandel, 2000 †
  • Pseudaptyxis Petuch, 1988 †
  • Pullincola de Gregorio, 1894 †
  • Remera Stephenson, 1941 †
  • Rhopalithes Grabau, 1904 †
  • Simplicifusus Kira, 1972
  • Solutofusus Pritchard, 1898 †
  • Spirilla Agassiz, 1842 †
  • Streptocarina Hinsch, 1977 †
  • Streptochetus Cossmann, 1889 †
  • Streptodictyon Tembrock, 1961 †
  • Streptolathyrus Cossmann, 1901 †
  • Tectifusus Tate, 1893 †
  • Trophonofusus Kuroda & Habe, 1971
  • Turrispira Conrad, 1866 †
  • Viridifusus Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012
subfamily Peristerniinae
Subfamily ?
Genera brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 Snyder M.A. "Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae". Academy of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
  2. ↑ "Fasciolariidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. ↑ WoRMS : Fasciolariidae
  4. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Pseudolatirus Bellardi, 1884. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446090 on 2010-08-01
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