Xastilia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Muricopsinae of the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]

Xastilia
Shell of Xastilia kosugei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Muricidae
Subfamily: Muricopsinae
Genus: Xastilia
Bouchet & Houart, 1994
Type species
Xastilia kosugei Bouchet & Houart, 1994

Species

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Species within the genus Xastilia include:

References

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  • Merle, D., Garrigues, B. & Pointier, J.P. (2022). Fossil and Recent Muricidae of the world: Part Muricopsinae. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 528 pp.