Biology:Turrinae

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Short description: Subfamily of gastropods

Turrinae
Turris babylonia shell.jpg
Two views of a shell of Turris babylonia
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Turrinae

H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838)
Genera

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Synonyms

Pleurotominae Gray, 1838
Lophiotominae Morrison, 1965

Turrinae is a former subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae the turrids.[1]

Genera

Genera in the subfamily Turrinae include:[2]

References

  1. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). ISBN:3-925919-72-4. 397 pp.
  2. - World Register of Marine Species

Further reading

  • Kantor Y. I. (2006). "On the morphology and homology of the “central tooth” in the radulae of Turrinae (Conoidea: Turridae)". Ruthenica 16: 47–52.
  • Vaught K. C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN:0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

Wikidata ☰ Q3718532 entry