''Miraclathurella'' is a

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Pseudomelatomidae Pseudomelatomidae is a family (biology), family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda (Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Bouchet & Ro ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Miraclathurella'' include: * † ''

Miraclathurella amica ''Miraclathurella amica'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The length of the shell is 16.3 mm, its dialmeter 5.25 mm. (Original descri ...

'' (Pilsbry & Johnson, 1917) * ''

Miraclathurella bicanalifera ''Miraclathurella bicanalifera'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 18 mm. The whorls are narrow ...

'' (Sowerby I, 1834) * † ''

Miraclathurella darwini ''Miraclathurella darwini'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The length of the shell is 22 mm. Distribution Fossils of this species were f ...

'' (Philippi, 1887) * † ''

Miraclathurella entemma ''Miraclathurella entemma'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description Distribution Fossils of this species were found in Miocene strata in the Bowden F ...

'' Woodring, 1928 * † ''

Miraclathurella eucharis ''Miraclathurella eucharis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description Distribution Fossils of this species were found in Miocene strata in Panama ...

'' Woodring, 1970 * † ''

Miraclathurella gracilis ''Miraclathurella gracilis'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. Description The length of the shell attains 28.5 mm, its diameter 7.5 mm. On the pen ...

'' (Gabb, 1866) * ''

Miraclathurella herminea ''Miraclathurella herminea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids. Description The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 21 mm. Distribution This species occurs of ...

'' (Bartsch, 1934) * ''

Miraclathurella mendozana ''Miraclathurella mendozana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids. Description Distribution This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Panama Panama, officiall ...

'' Shasky, 1971 * † ''

Miraclathurella vittata ''Miraclathurella vittata'' is an extinct Pliocene species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. The species was discovered by Wendell Woodring in 1928. Description The length of the ...

'' Woodring, 1928 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Miraclathurella acapulcanum'' Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 : synonym of ''

'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) * ''Miraclathurella aguadillana'' (Dall & Stimpson, 1901): synonym of ''

Lioglyphostoma aguadillanum ''Lioglyphostoma aguadillanum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. There is one subspecies: ''Lioglyphostoma aguadillanum minor'' (Dall & Simpson, 1901) (exactly simila ...

'' (Dall & Stimpson, 1901) * ''Miraclathurella clendenini'' García, 2008: synonym of '' Darrylia clendenini'' (García, 2008) (original combination) * ''Miraclathurella gracillima'' Carpenter, 1856:synonym of ''

'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) * ''Miraclathurella kleinrosa'' (Nowell-Usticke, 1969): synonym of ''

Darrylia kleinrosa ''Darrylia kleinrosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Horaiclavidae. According to Garcia (2008), this species belongs in ''Darrylia'' and not in ''Miraclathurella'' (as proposed by DeJong & Coomans, 1988). ...

'' (Nowell-Usticke, 1969) * ''Miraclathurella nitida'' Sowerby I, 1834:synonym of ''

'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834) * ''Miraclathurella peggywilliamsae'' Fallon, 2010: synonym of '' Darrylia peggywilliamsae'' (Fallon, 2010) (original combination) * ''Miraclathurella variculosa'' Sowerby I, 1834 :synonym of ''

'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)

References

* W. P. Woodring. 1928. ''Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results.'' Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

External links

Fallon, Phillip J , Descriptions and illustrations of some new and poorly known turrids of the tropical northwestern Atlantic. Part 1. Genera Buchema Corea, 1934 and Miraclathurella Woodring, 1928 (Gastropoda: Turridae: Crassispirinae); Nautilus 124, 2010
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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

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