# Cyrillia linearis

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Species of gastropod

Cyrillia linearis Shell of Cyrillia linearis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Neogastropoda Superfamily: Conoidea Family: Raphitomidae Genus: Cyrillia Species: C. linearis Binomial name Cyrillia linearis (Montagu, 1803) Synonyms Cenodagreutes coccyginus E. H. Smith, 1967 Defrancia linearis (Montagu, 1803) Fusus buchanensis MacGillivray, 1843 Holotoma elegans (Donovan, 1804) Mangelia linearis (Montagu, 1803) Murex cyrilli Scacchi, 1833 Murex elegans Donovan, 1804 (original combination) Murex linearis Montagu, 1803 (original combination) Philbertia linearis (Montagu, 1803) Pleurotoma muricoidea Blainville, 1829 (dubious synonym) Pleurotoma tricolor Risso, 1826 Raphitoma buchanensis Macgillivray, 1843 Raphitoma cranchiana Gray, 1852 Raphitoma cyrilli Brusina, 1866 Raphitoma elegans (Donovan, 1804) Raphitoma elegans Locard & Caziot, 1900 Raphitoma elegans Monterosato, 1875 Raphitoma linearis (Montagu, 1803) Raphitoma linearis Monterosato, 1875 Raphitoma muricoidea Blainville, 1829 Raphitoma rosea Brusina, 1866 Raphitoma tricolor Risso, 1826

***Cyrillia linearis*** is a [species](/source/Species) of [sea snail](/source/Sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusk](/source/Mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Raphitomidae](/source/Raphitomidae).[1]

## Description

The shell is fusiform and [turriculate](/source/Turriculate). It has an elevated and acute [spire](/source/Spire_(mollusc)). The twelve [whorls](/source/Whorl_(mollusc)) are convex and longitudinally costated (twelve ribs on the [body whorl](/source/Body_whorl)). They are transversally sharply striated with 6-7 elevated lines, which run along the volutions. They are rather broader over the ribs and very sharp between them The outer [lip](/source/Lip_(gastropod)) is thickened on the outside with an obtuse [varix](/source/Varix_(mollusc)) or rib, but smooth within. The [siphonal canal](/source/Siphonal_canal) is short, rather broad and slightly inflected.[2]

## Distribution

This marine species occurs in European waters from [Norway](/source/Norway) to the [Azores](/source/Azores); in the Mediterranean Sea. Fossils were found in [Pliocene](/source/Pliocene) strata in [Italy](/source/Italy).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WoRMS_1-0)** MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia linearis (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389226](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1389226) on 2019-11-28

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Wood, Searles Valentine. A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca: With Descriptions of Shells from the Upper Tertiaries of the British Isles. Vol. 1. Johnson, 1848.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Cyrillia linearis](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cyrillia_linearis).

- [Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or Natural History of British Shells, Marine, Land, and Fresh-Water, Including the Most Minute: Systematically Arranged and Embellished with Figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694)

- [Bucquoy E., Dautzenberg P. & Dollfus G. (1882-1886). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome Ier. Gastropodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils 570 p., 66 pl.](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103592)

- [Smith E.H. (1967). Two new species of British turrids. The Veliger. 10(1): 1-4](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42413688)

- [Donovan E. (1800-1804). The natural history of British shells : including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each; in five vo by E. Donovan](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/33932#/summary)

- [Scacchi A. (1833). Osservazioni Zoologiche. Napoli, Tipi della Società Tipografica. 1: 1-12](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35752103)

- [Bellardi L. (1877), I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria /](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45375#page/282/mode/1up)

- [Blainville H. M. (D. de) (1828-1830). Malacozoaires ou Animaux Mollusques. \[in](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78700) Faune Française. Levrault, Paris 320 p., 48 pl. [livr. 18 (1828), p. 1-80; livr. 2 (1829), p. 81-176; livr. 23 (1829), p. 177-240; livr. 28 (1830), p. 241-320 ]

- [Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, Levrault:. . 3(XVI): 1-480, 14 pls](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984)

- [https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz022](https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz022)

- [Biolib.cz: *Cyrillia linearis*](https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id367937/)

- [Natural History Museum, Rotterdam: *Raphitoma linearis*](http://www.nmr-pics.nl/Raphitomidae_new/album/slides/Raphitoma%20linearis%20(9).html)

Taxon identifiers Raphitoma linearis Wikidata: Q3137153 BOLD: 642801 CoL: 7SZH3 EUNIS: 59371 GBIF: 10980585 iNaturalist: 482503 IRMNG: 10837347 ITIS: 205147 NBN: NBNSYS0000177639 NCBI: 358444 Observation.org: 927421 SeaLifeBase: 839 WoRMS: 1389226 Murex linearis Wikidata: Q29347762 CoL: 7S7JG GBIF: 5728134 IRMNG: 10824743 Observation.org: 857251 WoRMS: 154085

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