Africolaria

Africolaria
Shell of Africolaria rutila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:	Fasciolariinae
Genus:	Africolaria Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012
Type species
Fasciolaria rutila Watson, 1882

Africolaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Africolaria include:

• Africolaria rutila (Watson, 1882)
• Africolaria thersites (Reeve, 1847)
• Africolaria wattersae (Kilburn, 1974)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Africolaria Snyder, Vermeij & Lyons, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607869 on 2012-08-25

• Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70