Tudicula

Tudicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda cladeHypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Turbinellidae
Subfamily:	Vasinae
Genus:	Tudicula Adams & Adams, 1864 [1]

Tudicula is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.^[1]

In 1987, Rosenberg and Petit reassigned this to a new genus they created, Tudivasum. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Tudicula used to include:

• Tudicula inermis Angas, 1878 : synonym of Tudivasum inerme (Angas, 1878)
• Tudicula kurtzi Macpherson, 1964 : synonym of Tudivasum kurtzi (Macpherson, 1964)
• Tudicula rasilistoma Abbott, 1959 : synonym of Tudivasum rasilistoma (Abbott, 1959)
• Tudicula spinosa (H. & A. Adams, 1864) : synonym of Tudivasum spinosum (H. & A. Adams, 1864)
• Tudicula zanzibarica : synonym of Tudivasum zanzibaricum (Abbott, 1958)

References

1. Tudicula zanzibarica Abbott, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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