''Azorilla'' is a small

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of sea snails, marine gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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 ...

.Bouchet, P. (2015). Azorilla F. Nordsieck, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578073 on 2015-02-07 This genus has become a synonym of ''

Teretia ''Teretia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae. Species Species within the genus ''Teretia'' include: * '' Teretia acus'' (Barnard, 1958) * † '' Teretia anceps'' (Eichwald, 1830) * '' Teretia cande ...

'' Norman, 1888.

Species

Species within the genus ''Azorilla'' include: * ''

Azorilla lottae ''Azorilla lottae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Azorilla lottae (Verrill, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marines ...

'' (Verrill, 1885) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Azorilla megalembryon'' (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896): synonym of

Teretia megalembryon ''Teretia megalembryon'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Teretia megalembryon (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)

References

* Beu, A.G. 2011 ''Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia).'' Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 41, 1–153

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

Ortega, J.; Gofas, S. (2019). The unknown bathyal of the Canaries: new species and new records of deep-sea Mollusca. Zoosystema.41(26): 513-551
Raphitomidae Gastropod genera {{Raphitomidae-stub