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Turricula (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Superfamily
  
Conoidea

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Turricula javana, Clavatula, Clavatulidae, Turrid, Gemmula

Turricula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.

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Taxonomy

Clavatulidae was raised, based on cladistic analysis, from subfamily to the family level by Rosenberg in 1998. It remained regarded as a subfamily of Turridae by several malacologists (Kantor, Sysoev). until a new publication in 2011

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 70.6 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world.

Description

The turriculated shell is fusiform with a long spire. The anal sinus is situated in the infrasutural depression above the peripheral carina. The siphonal canal is long and slightly bent. The operculum has a medio-lateral nucleus. The eyes of the animal are situated at the base of the tentacles. Radula formula : 1-0-1.

Distribution

The species of this marine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Species

Species within the genusTurricula include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Turricula bijubata (Reeve, 1843): synonym of Turridrupa bijubata (Reeve, 1843)
  • Turricula brunonia Dall, 1924: synonym of Veprecula brunonia (Dall, 1924)
  • Turricula cadaverosa (Reeve, 1844): synonym of Vexillum cadaverosum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Turricula casta H. Adams, 1872: synonym of Vexillum castum (H. Adams, 1872)
  • Turricula ensyuensis Shikama, 1977: synonym of Comitas ensyuensis (Shikama, 1977)
  • Turricula flammea Schumacher, 1817 : synonym of Turricula javana (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Turricula granobalteatus [sic] : synonym of Turricula granobalteus (Hedley, 1922)
  • Turricula hondoana Dall, 1925: synonym of Aforia circinata (Dall, 1873)
  • Turricula kamakurana (Pilsbry, 1895): synonym of Comitas kamakurana (Pilsbry, 1895)
  • Turricula kuroharai Oyama, 1962: synonym of Comitas kuroharai (Oyama, 1962)
  • Turricula lavinia Dall, 1919: synonym of Ptychobela lavinia (Dall, 1919)
  • Turricula lavinoides Olsson, 1922: synonym of Fusiturricula lavinoides (Olsson, 1922)
  • Turricula libya Dall, 1919: synonym of Tiariturris libya (Dall, 1919)
  • Turricula limonensis Olsson, 1922: synonym of Fusiturricula lavinoides (Olsson, 1922)
  • Turricula murrawolga Garrard, 1961: synonym of Comitas murrawolga (Garrard, 1961)
  • Turricula rectilateralis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874): synonym of Vexillum suluense (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Turricula scalaria (Barnard, 1958): synonym of Makiyamaia scalaria (Barnard, 1958)
  • Turricula tornatus [sic] : synonym of Turricula tornata (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Turricula tuberculata (Gray, 1839): synonym of Turricula nelliae spuria (Hedley, 1922)
    • Further investigation needed
  • Turricula catena (species inquirenda)

    • References

    Turricula (gastropod) Wikipedia
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