Xastilia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricopsinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
Xastilia | |
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Shell of Xastilia kosugei (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
Family: | Muricidae |
Subfamily: | Muricopsinae |
Genus: | Xastilia Bouchet & Houart, 1994 |
Type species | |
Xastilia kosugei Bouchet & Houart, 1994 |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Xastilia include:
- Xastilia kosugei Bouchet & Houart, 1994[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Xastilia Bouchet & Houart, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Xastilia kosugei Bouchet & Houart, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.