''Awheaturris'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails, marine
gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...
.
[MolluscaBase (2019). Awheaturris Beu, 1970 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722469 on 2019-02-16]
Description
These species were only known from fossils in
Miocene
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strata in the Indo-Pacific area, until Morassi & Bonfitto found a Recent species off the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Awheaturris'' include:
* † ''
Awheaturris echinata''
Beu, 1970
* † ''
Awheaturris experta
''Awheaturris experta'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). Awheaturris experta (Laws, 1947) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.mari ...
''
(Laws, 1947)
* ''
Awheaturris lozoueti''
Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013
* † ''
Awheaturris pahaoensis''
Vella, 1954
* † ''
Awheaturris quisquilia''
(Philippi, 1887)
References
External links
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda).'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308*
Raphitomidae
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