''Veruturris'' is an extinct
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
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
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s unassigned in the
superfamily Conoidea
Conoidea is a Taxonomic rank, superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusc, mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at 340 recent valid gen ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Veruturris tomopleuroides (Powell, 1944) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1656103 on 2023-09-19]
Species
Species within the genus ''Veruturris'' include:
* † ''
Veruturris bisculptus''
(Powell, 1944) †
* † ''
Veruturris cochleatus''
(Powell, 1944) †
* † ''
Veruturris quadricarinatus''
(Powell, 1944) †
* † ''
Veruturris subconcavus''
(G. F. Harris, 1897) †
* † ''
Veruturris tomopleuroides''
(Powell, 1944)
References
*
External links
Powell, A.W.B. (1964). The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 1 (5): 227-346; 1 (7): 409-454
Veruturris
Prehistoric gastropod genera
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