Pustulatirus

Pustulatirus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamoly Peristerninae of the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Species

Species within the genus Pustulatirus include:

• Pustulatirus attenuatus <small>(Reeve, 1847)</small>
• Pustulatirus biocellatus <small>Lyons & Snyder, 2013</small>
• Pustulatirus eppi <small>(Melvill, 1891)</small>
• Pustulatirus hemphilli <small>(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)</small>
• Pustulatirus mediamericanus <small>(Hertlein & Strong, 1951)</small>
• Pustulatirus ogum <small>(Petuch, 1979)</small>
• Pustulatirus praestantior <small>(Melvill, 1892)</small>
• Pustulatirus sanguineus <small>(Wood, 1828)</small>
• Pustulatirus utilaensis <small>Lyons & Snyder, 2013</small>
• Pustulatirus virginensis <small>(Abbott, 1958)</small>
• Pustulatirus watermanorum <small>Lyons & Snyder, 2013</small>

• Pustulatirus annulatus <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>: synonym of Pustulatirus virginensis <small>(Abbott, 1958)</small>

References

External links

• Vermeij, G. J. & Snyder, M. A. (2006). Shell characters and taxonomy of Latirus and related fasciolariid groups. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 72(4): 413-424
• Lyons, W. G.; Snyder, M. A. (2013). The Genus Pustulatirus Vermeij and Snyder, 2006 (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Peristerniinae) in the Western Atlantic, with Descriptions of Three New Species. Zootaxa. 3636(1): 35