Gyrineum

Gyrineum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cymatiidae.^[1]

Gyrineum
shell of Gyrineum roseum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Tonnoidea
Family:	Cymatiidae
Genus:	Gyrineum Link, 1807[1]
Type species
Gyrineum gyrinum Link, 1807
Synonyms[1]
Apollon Montfort, 1810 Apollon (Biplex) Perry, 1810 · Argobuccinum (Gyrineum) Link, 1807 Biplex Perry, 1810 Bursa (Apollon) Montfort, 1810 Bursa (Biplex) Perry, 1810 Gyrinella Dall, 1924 Gyrineum (Biplex) Perry, 1810 Ranella (Biplex) Perry, 1810 Sassia (Gyrineum) Link, 1807

Description

The spire is elevated. The front siphonal canal is short. The posterior canal is wanting.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Gyrineum include:

• Gyrineum aculeatum (Schepman, 1909)^[3]
• Gyrineum bituberculare (Lamarck, 1816)^[4]
• Gyrineum bozzettii (Beu, 1998)^[5]
• Gyrineum concinnum (Dunker, 1862)^[6]
• Gyrineum cuspidatum (Reeve, 1844)^[7]
• Gyrineum gyrinum (Linnaeus, 1758)^[8]
• † Gyrineum harrisi (Cossmann, 1903)
• Gyrineum hirasei (Kuroda & Habe in Habe, 1961)^[9]
• Gyrineum lacunatum (Mighels, 1845)^[10]
• Gyrineum longicaudatum Beu, 1998^[11]
• † Gyrineum maccoyi (Pritchard, 1898)
• † Gyrineum magnificum (K. Martin, 1879)
• Gyrineum natator (Röding, 1798)^[12]
• † Gyrineum pamotanensis (K. Martin, 1899)
• Gyrineum perca (Perry, 1811)^[13]
• † Gyrineum perliberale (Beets, 1984)
• Gyrineum pulchellum (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)^[14]
• Gyrineum pusillum (Broderip, 1833)
• Gyrineum roseum (Reeve, 1844)^[15]
• Gyrineum wilmerianum Preston, 1908^[16]

Species brought into synonymy

• Gyrineum atlanticum Fechter, 1975: synonym of Halgyrineum louisae (Lewis, 1974)
• Gyrineum bufonium Link, 1807: synonym of Bursa bufonia (Gmelin, 1791)
• Gyrineum cuspidataeformis Kira, 1956: synonym of Gyrineum lacunatum (Mighels, 1845)
• Gyrineum echinatum Link, 1807: synonym of Bufonaria echinata (Link, 1807)
• † Gyrineum elsmerense English, 1914: synonym of † Reticutriton elsmerensis (English, 1914) (original combination)
• Gyrineum louisae Lewis, 1974: synonym of Halgyrineum louisae (Lewis, 1974)
• Gyrineum nanshaensis Zhang, 2004: synonym of Gyrineum lacunatum (Mighels, 1845)
• Gyrineum pacator Iredale, 1931: synonym of Bufonaria margaritula (Deshayes, 1832)
• Gyrineum pusilla (Brodrip, 1833): synonym of Gyrineum pusillum (Broderip, 1833)
• Gyrineum pusillum auct.: synonym of Gyrineum lacunatum (Mighels, 1845)
• Gyrineum pusillus [sic]: synonym of Gyrineum pusillum (Broderip, 1833) (misspelling)
• Gyrineum verrucosum Link, 1807: synonym of Gyrineum gyrinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Gyrineum wilmeriana Preston, 1908: synonym of Gyrineum wilmerianum Preston, 1908 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)