Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Conoidea > Family Raphitomidae > Genus Cyrillia

Cyrillia linearis (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Murex Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cyrillia*	Kobelt, 1905	accepted genus name
*Cordieria (Cirillia)*	Monterosato, 1884	junior homonym
*Cenodagreutes*	E. H. Smith, 1967	synonym
*Cirillia*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Clathurella (Cyrillia)*	Kobelt, 1905	synonym
*Lineotoma*	F. Nordsieck, 1977	synonym

Species group names

*Cenodagreutes coccyginus*	E. H. Smith, 1967	synonym
*Cirillia linearis*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Defrancia linearis*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Fusus buchanensis*	MacGillivray, 1843	synonym
*Murex cyrilli*	Scacchi, 1833	synonym
*Murex elegans*	Donovan, 1804	synonym
*Philbertia linearis*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym
*Pleurotoma muricoidea*	Blainville, 1829	synonym
*Pleurotoma tricolor*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Raphitoma elegans*	(Donovan, 1804)	synonym
*Raphitoma linearis*	(Montagu, 1803)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Landau, B., Harzhauser, M. & Giannuzzi-Savelli, R. (2022). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 16: Raphitomidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea). Cainozoic Research. 22(2): 157-240.
basis of record	Fassio, G.; Russini, V.; Pusateri, F.; Giannuzzi-Savelli, R.; Høisæter, T.; Puillandre, N.; Modica, M. V.; Oliverio, M. (2019). An assessment of Raphitoma and allied genera (Neogastropoda: Raphitomidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85(4): 414-425.
additional source	Hoarau A. & Horst D. (2020). Les genres Cyrillia, Leufroyia & Raphitoma vivants de Méditerranée française. AFC, Paris, and ConchBooks, Hackenheim, 98 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyrillia linearis (Montagu, 1803). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1389226