Cittarium

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon = Cittarium

|image = Cittarium pica shell.jpg

|image_caption = Shell of Cittarium pica

|authority = Philippi, 1847Philippi R. A. (1847). Z. Malakozool.: 21.

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms =

  • Livona Gray, 1842
  • Meleagris Montfort, 1810 (invalid: not Meleagris Linnaeus, 1758 [Aves]; Cittarium is a replacement name)
  • Trochus (Livona) Gray, 1842

|display_parents = 2

|type_species=Turbo pica

|type_species_authority=Linnaeus, 1758

}}

Cittarium is a genus of a sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae.Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cittarium Philippi, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413476 on 2013-12-10

Species

There are two species in the genus Cittarium:

  • Cittarium maestratii Lozouet, 2002{{cite journal|last=Lozouet|first=P.|year=2002|title=First Record of The Caribbean Genus Cittarium (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae) From The Oligocene of Europe and its Paleobiogeographic Implications|journal=Journal of Paleontology|publisher=Paleontological Society|volume=76|issue=4|pages=767–770|url=http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/extract/76/4/767|doi=10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0767:frotcg>2.0.co;2 | jstor = 1307109 |url-access=subscription}}
  • Cittarium pica (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

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  • Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. Zoologica Scripta 37: 483–506.