Turbinellidae

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Turbinellidae Higher classification Muricoidea		Superfamily Muricoidea Phylum Mollusca Rank Family

Lower classifications Vasum, Turbinella pyrum

Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.

Distribution

Species in this family are found worldwide, mostly in tropical shallow waters but some in deep waters.

sub-family Columbariinae Tomlin, 1928

genus Columbarium Martens, 1881

genus Coluzea Finlay, 1926

genus Fulgurofusus Grabau, 1904

genus Fustifusus Harasewych, 1991

genus Peristarium Bayer, 1971

sub-family Tudiclinae Cossmann, 1901

genus Tudicla Röding, 1798

sub-family Turbinellinae Swainson, 1835

genus Cryptofusus Beu, 2011

genus Syrinx Röding, 1798

genus Turbinella Lamarck, 1799

sub-family Vasinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840)

genus Altivasum Hedley, 1914

genus Enigmavasum Poppe & Tagaro, 2005

genus Pisanella Koenen, 1865

genus Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987

genus Vasum Röding, 1798

genus Pisanella Koenen, 1865 †

Genera brought into synonymy

Buccinella Perry, 1811 : synonym of Turbinella Lamarck, 1799

Cynodonta Schumacher, 1817 : synonym of Vasum Röding, 1798

Surculina Dall, 1908: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860

Tudicula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 : synonym of Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987

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