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Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cyrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Cyrillia | |
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| Shell of Cyrillia ephesina (holotype at MNHN Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Cyrillia Kobelt, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| Murex linearis Montagu, 1803 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The shells are rather small (5 to 10 mm), showing a reticulate structure. The aperture is piriform. The outer lip is slightly crenulate, within incrassate and distinctly denticulate.[2]
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