Turricula (gastropod)

Turricula
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
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]

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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. [3]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Turricula : [4]

Species brought into synonymy
Further investigation needed

References

  1. ^ a b c Turricula Schumacher, 1817. 28 August 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206618.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017. 
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 158; 1884 (described as the genus Surcula)
  4. ^ WoRMS : Turricula; accessed : 28 August 2011