Turricula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda cladeHypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Turricula Schumacher, 1817 |
Type species | |
Turricula flammea Schumacher, 1817 |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Surcula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
Turricula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.[1]
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).[1] until a new publication in 2011 [2]
Contents |
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. [3]
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Turricula : [4]