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Ceritoturris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Similar
  
Clavatula, Crassispira, Turrid, Conoidea, Neogastropoda

Ceritoturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.

Contents

It was previously included within the subfamily Crassispirinae, family Turridae.

Fossils of Ceritoturris fecunda Lozouet, 1999 have been found in Miocene strata of Germany; age range: 15.97 to 11.608 Ma. and late Oligocene strata in the Aquitaine Basin

Description

The minute shell has a blunt protoconch. The second whorl shows a peripheral keel. The seven subsequent whorls are moderately rounded, axially and spirally sculptured. The siphonal canal is almost obsolete.

Species

Species within the genus Ceritoturris include:

  • Ceritoturris bittium (Dall, 1924)
  • Ceritoturris nataliae Kilburn, 1988
  • Ceritoturris pupiformis (E. A. Smith, 1884)
  • Ceritoturris suavis (Hervier, 1896)
  • Ceritoturris thailandica Robba et al., 2006
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Ceritoturris papillosa (Garrett, 1873): synonym of Carinapex papillosa (Garrett, 1873)
  • Ceritoturris theoteles (Melvill & Standen, 1896): synonym of Iredalea theoteles (Melvill & Standen, 1896)

    • References

    Ceritoturris Wikipedia
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