Superfamily Trochoidea Scientific name Guildfordia | Rank Genus | |
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Similar Guildfordia yoka, Guildfordia triumphans, Astralium, Bolma, Astraea heliotropium | ||
Guildfordia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
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Description
The imperforate shell is wheel-shaped. It is low-conic and granulose above, convex below. The periphery is armed with long slender radiating spines, which are concealed at the sutures. The operculum is flat, with a subobsolete arcuate rib outside. The central tooth of the radula has no cusps.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs off the Philippines, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Eastern Indian Ocean, Oceania, and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
Species
Species within the genus Guildfordia include:
References
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