Cochlespirinae was a subfamily of

predatory Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s, belonging to the family

Turridae Turridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family name for a number of predatory sea snails, Marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). ...

, commonly named turrids. It has been raised to the rank of family Cochlespiridae Powell, 1942

Genera

Genera in the subfamily Cochlespirinae used to include:WoRMS - World register of marine Species
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Aforia ''Aforia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Cochlespiridae. Description The shell resembles ''Irenosyrinx'', but with stronger Sculpture (mollusc), sculpture with narrow, low ribs and with a pa ...

'' Dall, 1889 *'' Ancistrosyrinx'' Dall, 1881 *'' Anticomitas'' Powell, 1942 *''

Antimelatoma ''Antimelatoma'' is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pseudomelatomidae Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (p ...

'' Powell, 1942 *''

Antiplanes ''Antiplanes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae,. Description (Original description) These deep-water and abyssal forms are smooth except for incremental lines and sometimes fi ...

'' Dall, 1902 *'' Apiotoma'' Cossmann, 1889 *'' Carinoturris'' Bartsch, 1944 *'' Clavosurcula'' Schepman, 1913 *'' Cochlespira'' Conrad, 1865 *'' Comitas'' Finlay, 1926 *'' Fusiturricula'' Woodring, 1928 *'' Irenosyrinx'' Dall, 1908 *''

Knefastia ''Knefastia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae. Taxonomy This genus was previously included in the subfamily Cochlespirinae of the family Turridae. Species Species within the ...

'' Dall, 1919 *'' Leucosyrinx'' Dall, 1889 *'' Marshallena'' Finlay, 1926 *'' Megasurcula'' Casey, 1904 *'' Micropleurotoma'' Thiele, 1929 *'' Nihonia'' McNeil, 1961 *'' Paracomitas'' Powell, 1942 *'' Pyrgospira'' McLean, 1971 *'' Rectiplanes'' Bartsch, 1944 *'' Rhodopetoma'' Bartsch, 1944 *''

Shutonia ''Shutonia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conace ...

'' van der Bijl, 1993 *'' Steiraxis'' Dall, 1896 *'' Toxicochlespira'' Sysoev & Kantor, 1990 *'' Vexitomina'' Powell, 1942

References

Cochlespiridae {{Turridae-stub