Turrilatirus

Turrilatirus
Turrilatirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Subfamily: Peristerniinae
Genus: Turrilatirus
Vermeij & M.A. Snyder, 2006
Type species
Voluta turrita Gmelin, 1791

Turrilatirus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Turrilatirus include:

References

  1. Turrilatirus Vermeij & M.A. Snyder, 2006. WoRMS (2010). Turrilatirus Vermeij & M.A. Snyder, 2006. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489061 on 1 September 2010.
  2. Turrilatirus craticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
  3. Turrilatirus iris (Lightfoot, 1786).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
  4. Turrilatirus melvilli (Schepman, 1911).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
  5. Turrilatirus nagasakiensis (E.A. Smith, 1880).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
  6. Turrilatirus sanguifluus (Reeve, 1847).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
  7. Turrilatirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.

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