Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Neogastropoda > Superfamily Muricoidea > Family Muricidae > Subfamily Ergalataxinae > Genus Cytharomorula

Cytharomorula grayi (Dall, 1889)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cytharomorula*	Kuroda, 1953	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cantharus (Tritonidea) laevis*	E. A. Smith, 1890	synonym
*Nassaria (Nassarina) grayi*	Dall, 1889	synonym
*Orania grayi*	(Dall, 1889)	synonym
*Trophon lowei*	R. B. Watson, 1897	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: イトマキカスリボラ

Literature

basis of record	Houart, R.: Zuccon, D. & Puillandre, N. (2019). Description of new genera and new species of Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae). Novapex. 20 (Hors série 12): 1-52.
additional source	Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
additional source	Houart, R. (1995). The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. ser. 4, 16 (A, 2-4): 245-297. [July 1995].
additional source	Garrigues B. & Lamy D. (2019). Inventaire des Muricidae récoltés au cours de la campagne MADIBENTHOS du MNHN en Martinique (Antilles Françaises) et description de 12 nouvelles espèces des genres Dermomurex, Attilosa, Acanthotrophon, Favartia, Muricopsis et Pygmaepterys (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Xenophora Taxonomy. 23: 22-59.
additional source	Houart, R. (2024). The Muricidae (Gastropoda: Muricoidea) of Walters Shoal. Novapex. 25(4): 201–210.
identification resource	Houart, R.; Kilburn, R. N. & Marais, A. P. (2010). Muricidae. pp. 176-270, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cytharomorula grayi (Dall, 1889). 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:140391