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Syrinx (gastropod)

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Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Turbinellidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Turbinellinae

Rank
  
Genus

Genus
  
Syrinx; Röding, 1798

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Similar
  
Syrinx aruanus, Turbinellidae, Melongenidae, Polyodontes, Aplysia vaccaria

Syrinx is a monospecific genus of large sea snails with a gill and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.

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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)
    • 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

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