Fasciolaria tulipa

Fasciolaria tulipa
A live Fasciolaria tulipa out of water
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Fasciolaria
Species:
F. tulipa
Binomial name
Fasciolaria tulipa
Synonyms
  • Colus achatinus Röding, 1798
  • Colus marmoratus Röding, 1798
  • Fasciolaria canaliculata Valenciennes, 1832
  • Fasciolaria concolor Kobelt, 1875
  • Fasciolaria rugosa Kobelt, 1875
  • Fasciolaria scheepmakeri Kobelt, 1875
  • Fasciolaria schepmackeri Sowerby II, 1882
  • Fasciolaria obsoleta Dall, 1890
  • Murex tulipa Linnaeus, 1758
  • Neptunea laevigata Link, 1807

Fasciolaria tulipa, common name the true tulip, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae. This fiercely predatory species occupies a wide geographic area within the Western Atlantic and is known, along with the other Fasciolariids, for the superficial resemblance their shells possess to a closed tulip flower.

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