Biology:Turrella (gastropod)

Short description: Genus of gastropods

Turrella
Turrella letourneuxiana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clathurellidae
Genus:	Turrella Laseron, 1954
Type species
Clathurella tenuilirata Angas, 1871
Species
See text
Synonyms
Clathurella letourneuxiana (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865) · Daphnella letourneuxiana (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865) Guraleus letourneuxianus (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865) Pleurotoma (Clathurella) letourneuxiana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865 (basionym) Pleurotoma letourneuxiana Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865 ·(original combination)

Turrella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clathurellidae.

Species

Species within the genus Turrella include:

• Turrella asperrima Laseron, 1954
• Turrella crassa Laseron, 1954
• Turrella gracilis Laseron, 1954
• Turrella granulosissima (Tenison-Woods, 1879)
• Turrella letourneuxiana (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865)
• Turrella morologus (Hedley, 1922)
• Turrella subcostata Laseron, 1954
• Turrella tenuilirata (Angas, 1871)

References

• Laseron, C. F. (1954). Revision of the New South Wales Turridae. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. 56 pp., 12 pls.

External links

• 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

Wikidata ☰ Q18582135 entry