Poole, Karen E.
Fasciolaria
Sign in to saveTulip snail or tulip shell is the common name for eight species of large, predatory, subtropical and tropical sea snails from the Western Atlantic. These species are in the genus Fasciolaria. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle shells, tulip shells and their allies.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyFasciolariidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 806
- With media
- 50
- Family
- Fasciolariidae
- Collections
- PRI, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UCM, UF, SDNHM, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States, Ecuador, Australia, Cayman Islands
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- Image
- Fasciolaria tulipa.png
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- Fasciolaria
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- Fasciolaria
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
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Tulip snail or tulip shell is the common name for eight species of large, predatory, subtropical and tropical sea snails from the Western Atlantic. These species are in the genus Fasciolaria. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle shells, tulip shells and their allies.
The word "tulip" describes the overall shape of the shells of these species, which is like that of a closed tulip flower.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fasciolaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.