Biology:Turveria

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Turveria
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eulimidae
Genus: Turveria
Berry, 1956

Turveria is a genus of very small ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the Eulimidae family.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Turveriainclude :

  • Turveria encopendema Berry, 1956
  • Turveria pallida Warén, 1992
  • Turveria schwengelae (Bartsch, 1938)

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Turveria Berry, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536332 on 2014-12-29
  • Warén A. & Crossland M.R. (1991) Revision of Hypermastus Pilsbry, 1899 and Turveria Berry, 1956 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Eulimidae), two genera parasitic on sand dollars. Records of the Australian Museum 43(1):85-112.


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