''Xenuroturris'' is a

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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 in the

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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). ...

, the turrids.

Description

This genus characterized by a polygonal

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. The anterior

siphonal canal The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water i ...

is relatively short. The sinus rib is margined.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the

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and extends from the tropical Indian Ocean to the tropical Pacific Ocean as far east as

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; also off Australia (

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) and

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Species

Species within the genus ''Xenuroturris'' include: * †'' Xenuroturris antiselli'' (F. Anderson & B. Martin, 1914) * '' Xenuroturris castanellus'' Powell, 1964 * '' Xenuroturris emmae'' Bozzetti, 1993 * '' Xenuroturris gemmuloides'' Powell, 1967 * '' Xenuroturris legitima'' Iredale, 1929 * '' Xenuroturris millepunctata'' (Sowerby III, 1908) ;Synonyms: * † ''Xenuroturris bisculptus'' Powell, 1944: synonym of † ''

Veruturris bisculptus ''Veruturris'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned in the superfamily Conoidea Conoidea is a Taxonomic rank, superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusc, mollusks within the ...

'' (Powell, 1944) * ''Xenuroturris cerithiformis'' Powell, 1964: synonym of '' Iotyrris cerithiformis'' (Powell, 1964) * ''Xenuroturris cingulifera'' (Lamarck, 1822): synonym of '' Iotyrris cingulifera'' (Lamarck, 1822) * † ''Xenuroturris cochleatus'' Powell, 1944: synonym of † ''

Veruturris cochleatus ''Veruturris'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned in the superfamily Conoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Veruturris tomopleuroides (Powell, 1944) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' (Powell, 1944) * ''Xenuroturris corona'' Laseron, 1954: synonym of '' Typhlomangelia corona'' (Laseron, 1954) (original combination) * ''Xenuroturris kingae'' Powell, 1964: synonym of '' Iotyrris kingae'' (Powell, 1964) (original combination) * † ''Xenuroturris quadricarinatus'' Powell, 1944: synonym of † ''

Veruturris quadricarinatus ''Veruturris'' is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks unassigned in the superfamily Conoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Veruturris tomopleuroides (Powell, 1944) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine S ...

'' (Powell, 1944) * † ''Xenuroturris subconcavus'' (G.F. Harris, 1897): synonym of † ''

Veruturris subconcavus ''Veruturris subconcavus'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in an unassigned family in the Conoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Veruturris subconcavus (G. F. Harris, 1897) †. Accessed through: World R ...

'' (G. F. Harris, 1897) * † ''Xenuroturris tomopleuroides'' Powell, 1944: synonym of † ''

Veruturris tomopleuroides ''Veruturris tomopleuroides'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in an unassigned family in the Conoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Veruturris tomopleuroides (Powell, 1944) †. Accessed through: World R ...

'' (Powell, 1944)

References

* Olivera, B.M. 2002. The gastropod genus Xenuroturris (Iredale, 1929) evaluated and a new turrid Lophiotoma olangoensis described from the Central Philippines. Science Diliman 14(2): 39-49

External links

redale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31

Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25

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
* Gastropod genera {{Turridae-stub