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''Turricula'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.

Taxonomy

Clavatulidae was raised, based on cladistic analysis, from subfamily to the family level by Rosenberg in 1998. It remained regarded as a subfamily of Turridae by several malacologists (Kantor, Sysoev).World Register of Marine Species: Clavatulidae
accessed 1 April 2010. until a new publication in 2011

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 70.6 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world.Fossilworks
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Description

The turriculated shell is fusiform with a long spire. The anal sinus is situated in the infrasutural depression above the peripheral carina. The siphonal canal is long, tapering and slightly bent. The operculum has a medio-lateral nucleus. The eyes of the animal are situated at the base of the tentacles. Radula formula : 1-0-1.

Distribution

The species of this marine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Species

Species within the genus ''Turricula'' include:

* ''Turricula aethiopica'' (Thiele, 1925)
* ''Turricula amplisulcus'' (Barnard, 1958)
* † ''Turricula bantamensis'' (K. Martin, 1895)
* † ''Turricula barreti'' (de Boury, 1899)
* † ''Turricula beamensis'' M.A. Peyrot, 1925
* † ''Turricula belgica'' (G.G. Münster, 1826)
* † ''Turricula beyrichi'' (R.A. Philippi, 1846)
* † ''Turricula brevicauda'' (Deshayes, 1834)
* '' Turricula catena'' (Reeve, 1843)
* † '' Turricula catenata'' (Lamarck, 1804)
* † '' Turricula ceylonica'' (Smith E. A., 1877)
* '' Turricula crassicosta'' (F. E. Edwards, 1857) †
* † '' Turricula dentata'' (Lamarck, 1804)
* † '' Turricula drilliaeformis'' (K. Martin, 1895)
* † '' Turricula eastoni'' (K. Martin, 1914)
* † '' Turricula everwyni'' (K. Martin, 1884)
* '' Turricula faurei'' (Barnard, 1958)
* † '' Turricula gembacana'' (K. Martin, 1884)
* '' Turricula gemmulaeformis'' (Thiele, 1925)
* † '' Turricula glyphana'' (Bayan, 1873)
* '' Turricula granobalteus'' (Hedley, 1922)
* † '' Turricula guttata'' (K. Martin, 1935)
* † '' Turricula hillegondae'' (K. Martin, 1914)
* † '' Turricula ijzermani'' (K. Martin, 1933)
* † '' Turricula inermiformis'' (Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1969)
* '' Turricula javana'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* † '' Turricula jogjacartensis'' (K. Martin, 1931)
* † '' Turricula kelirensis'' (K. Martin, 1916)
* † '' Turricula lepidota'' (K. Martin, 1914)
* † '' Turricula lirocostata'' Cossmann, 1899
* † '' Turricula mauritii'' (de Boury, 1899)
* † '' Turricula michelini'' (Deshayes, 1865)
* '' Turricula navarchus'' (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
* '' Turricula nelliae'' (Smith E. A., 1877)
* † '' Turricula orthocolpa'' Cossmann, 1913
* '' Turricula panthea'' Dall, 1919
* † '' Turricula plagiaria'' (K. Martin, 1931)
* † '' Turricula plateaui'' (Cossmann, 1889)
* † '' Turricula pollii'' (Icke & K. Martin, 1907)
* † '' Turricula polycesta'' (Bayan, 1873)
* '' Turricula profundorum'' (Smith E. A., 1896)
* † '' Turricula rembangensis'' (K. Martin, 1906)
* † '' Turricula rostrata'' Solander in Brander, 1766 (deleted in GBIF)
* † '' Turricula samarangana'' (K. Martin, 1884)
* † '' Turricula sanctistephani'' Lozouet, 2017
* † '' Turricula smithi'' (K. Martin, 1884)
* † '' Turricula streptopleura'' (Cossmann, 1900)
* † '' Turricula subelegans'' (d'Orbigny, 1850)
* '' Turricula sulcicancellata'' (Barnard, 1958)
* † '' Turricula sultani'' (K. Martin, 1914)
* '' Turricula sumatrana'' (Thiele, 1925)
* † '' Turricula terae'' Oostingh, 1938 †
* † '' Turricula textiliosa'' (Deshayes, 1834)
* '' Turricula thurstoni'' (Smith E. A., 1896)
* '' Turricula tornata'' (Dillwyn, 1817)
* † '' Turricula transversaria'' (Lamarck, 1804)
* '' Turricula turriplana'' (Sowerby III, 1903)
* † '' Turricula vaudini'' (Deshayes, 1865) †
* † '' Turricula veslensis'' (Cossmann, 1899) †
* † '' Turricula vibekeae'' Schnetler & M. S. Nielsen, 2018
* † '' Turricula wanneri'' (Tesch, 1915)
* † '' Turricula waringinensis'' (K. Martin, 1895)

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* † '' Turricula dimidiata'' Brocchi, 1814Fossile
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* † '' Turricula eolavinia'' Olsson, 1930
* † '' Turricula excelsa'' Bohm, 1926
* † '' Turricula hanguensis'' Cox, 1930
* † '' Turricula haydeni'' Cox, 1930
* † '' Turricula kayalensis'' Dey, 1961
* † '' Turricula promensis silistrensis'' Vredenburg, 1921
* † '' Turricula promensis'' Vredenburg, 1921
* † '' Turricula sethuramae'' Vredenburg, 1921
* † '' Turricula spuria'' Hedley, 1922
* † '' Turricula taurina'' Olsson, 1922
* † '' Turricula terryi'' Olsson, 1922
* † '' Turricula thangaensis'' Vredenburg, 1921

Synonyms

* ''Turricula bijubata'' (Reeve, 1843): synonym of ''Turridrupa bijubata'' (Reeve, 1843)
* † ''Turricula (Crenaturricula) bouryi'' Glibert, 1960: synonym of † ''Turricula barreti'' (de Boury, 1899) (unnecessary replacement name for ''Pleurotoma barreti'' de Boury, 1899)
* ''Turricula brunonia'' Dall, 1924: synonym of '' Veprecula brunonia'' (Dall, 1924)
* ''Turricula cadaverosa'' (Reeve, 1844): synonym of '' Vexillum cadaverosum'' (Reeve, 1844)
* ''Turricula casta'' H. Adams, 1872: synonym of '' Vexillum castum'' (H. Adams, 1872)
* † ''Turricula cruziana'' Olsson, 1932 accepted as † '' Cruziturricula cruziana'' (Olsson, 1932) (original combination)
* † ''Turricula curtata'' Marwick, 1926 accepted as † '' Marshallena curtata'' (Marwick, 1926)
* ''Turricula ensyuensis'' Shikama, 1977: synonym of '' Comitas ensyuensis'' (Shikama, 1977)
* † ''Turricula esdailei'' Marwick, 1926 accepted as † '' Tahuia esdailei'' (Marwick, 1926)
* † ''Turricula (Fusimitra) extranea'' (Deshayes, 1865): synonym of † '' Vexillum extraneum'' (Deshayes, 1865)
* ''Turricula flammea'' Schumacher, 1817: synonym of ''Turricula javana'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* † ''Turricula gendinganensis'' K. Martin, 1906 accepted as '' Unedogemmula indica'' (Röding, 1798)
* ''Turricula granobalteatus'' ic synonym of ''Turricula granobalteus'' (Hedley, 1922)
* ''Turricula hondoana'' Dall, 1925: synonym of '' Aforia circinata'' (Dall, 1873)
* † ''Turricula ilonae'' Báldi, 1966 accepted as † '' Domenginella ilonae'' (Báldi, 1966)
* ''Turricula japonica'' Dall, 1925 accepted as '' Aforia circinata'' (Dall, 1873)
* ''Turricula kamakurana'' (Pilsbry, 1895): synonym of '' Comitas kamakurana'' (Pilsbry, 1895)
* ''Turricula kuroharai'' Oyama, 1962: synonym of '' Comitas kuroharai'' (Oyama, 1962)
* † ''Turricula lamarckii'' (Michelotti, 1847) accepted as † '' Kantoria lamarckii'' (Michelotti, 1847) ( superseded combination)
* ''Turricula lavinia'' Dall, 1919: synonym of '' Ptychobela lavinia'' (Dall, 1919)
* ''Turricula lavinoides'' Olsson, 1922: synonym of '' Fusiturricula lavinoides'' (Olsson, 1922)
* ''Turricula libya'' Dall, 1919: synonym of '' Tiariturris libya'' (Dall, 1919)
* ''Turricula limonensis'' Olsson, 1922: synonym of '' Fusiturricula lavinoides'' (Olsson, 1922)
* † ''Turricula mertoni'' (K. Martin, 1914) accepted as † '' Pleurofusia mertoni'' (K. Martin, 1914)
* ''Turricula modesta'' Pease, 1868: synonym of '' Vexillum gruneri'' (Reeve, 1844) ·
* † ''Turricula mordax'' (K. Martin, 1914) accepted as † '' Pleurofusia mordax'' (K. Martin, 1914)
* ''Turricula murrawolga'' Garrard, 1961: synonym of '' Comitas murrawolga'' (Garrard, 1961)
* † ''Turricula (Costellaria) paucicostata'' (Tate, 1889): synonym of † ''Austromitra lacertosa'' (Cernohorsky, 1970)
* † ''Turricula permodesta'' (K. Martin, 1914) accepted as † ''Pentagoniturricula permodesta'' (K. Martin, 1914)
* † ''Turricula planata'' F. W. Hutton, 1885 accepted as '' Austromitra planata'' (F. W. Hutton, 1885)
* ''Turricula rectilateralis'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874): synonym of '' Vexillum suluense'' (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
* ''Turricula scalaria'' (Barnard, 1958): synonym of '' Makiyamaia scalaria'' (Barnard, 1958)
* † ''Turricula (Costellaria) tatei'' Cossmann, 1899: synonym of † '' Austromitra ralphi'' (Cossmann, 1900)
* † ''Turricula taurina'' Olsson, 1922accepted as † '' Fusiturricula taurina'' (Olsson, 1922)
* ''Turricula tornatus'' ic synonym of ''Turricula tornata'' (Dillwyn, 1817)
* ''Turricula tuberculata'' (Gray, 1839): synonym of ''Turricula nelliae spuria'' (Hedley, 1922)
* † ''Turricula waitaraensis'' Marwick, 1926: synonym of † '' Thatcheria waitaraensis'' (Marwick, 1926)

Taxa inquirenda

Further investigation needed:
* ''Surcula aditus'' Barnard, 1969
* ''Surcula bouvieri'' Jousseaume, 1898
* ''Surcula urnula'' Thiele, 1925

References

* Li, BQ. & Li, XZ. 2008. ''Report on the two subfamilies Clavatulinae and Cochlespirinae (Mollusca : Neogastropoda : Turridae) from the China seas''. Zootaxa 1771: 31–42
* Wilson, B. 1994. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods.'' Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.

External links

Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls

Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853–1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

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



Nomenclaturor Zoologicus info

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Extant Maastrichtian first appearances