Syrinx Röding 1798

Syrinx is a monospecific genus of large sea snails with a gill and an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.^[1]

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)
• Syrinx buccinoidea Röding, 1798 (nomen dubium)

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

• Harasewych M.G. & Petit R.E. (1989). The nomenclatural status and phylogenetic affinities of Syrinx aruanus Linné 1758 (Prosobranchia: Turbinellidae). The Nautilus 103(2):83-84
• John D. Taylor and Emily A. Glover, Food of giants – field observations on the diet of Syrinx aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Turbinellidae), the largest living gastropod; F. E. Wells, D. I. Walker and D. S. Jones (eds.) 2003. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia, Western Australian Museum, Perth