Turbinellidae
| Turbinellidae | |
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| Turbinella pyrum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Turbinellidae Swainson, 1835 |
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Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators.[2]
Distribution
Species in this family are found worldwide, mostly in tropical shallow waters but some in deep waters.
Genera
- Cryptofusus Beu, 2011
- † Fascioplex Marwick, 1934
- † Fimbrivasum Squires & Saul, 2001 †
- † Fyfea H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
- † Latirogona Laws, 1944
- † Pisanella Koenen, 1865
- Syrinx Röding, 1798
- Turbinella Lamarck, 1799
Subfamilies
- subfamily Columbariinae Tomlin, 1928: synonym of Columbariidae Tomlin, 1928
- subfamily Tudiclinae Cossmann, 1901: synonym of Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901 (superseded rank)
- subfamily Vasinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840): synonym of Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (superseded rank)
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Buccinella Perry, 1811 : synonym of Turbinella Lamarck, 1799
- Cynodonta Schumacher, 1817 : synonym of Vasum Röding, 1798
- Megalatractus P. Fischer, 1884: synonym of Syrinx Röding, 1798 (junior subjective synonym)
- Perostylus Pilsbry, 1894: synonym of Syrinx Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Scolymus Swainson, 1835: synonym of Turbinella Lamarck, 1799 (junior subjective synonym)
- Surculina Dall, 1908: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
- Tudicula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 : synonym of Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987
- Xancus Röding, 1798: synonym of Turbinella Lamarck, 1799 (placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 489)
References
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- ^ Exilia Conrad, 1860. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 April 2012.
- ^ Ponder, Winston Frank; Lindberg, David R.; Ponder, Juliet Mary (2019). Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca. CRC Press. p. 1934. ISBN 978-1-351-11564-3.
- Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN 2-85653-538-0. 463 pp.
- Dekkers, A.; Maxwell, S. (2018). "Altivasum Hedley, 1914 (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) from South Western Australia". The Festivus. 50 (4): 245–255. doi:10.54173/F504245.