- Turbinellidae
Taxobox
name = Turbinellidae
image_caption =
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Caenogastropoda
ordo =Sorbeoconcha
subordo =Hypsogastropoda
infraordo =Neogastropoda
superfamilia =Muricoidea
familia = Turbinellidae
familia_authority = Gray, 1854
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.
synonyms =Turbinellidae are a family of sea
snail s, marinegastropod mollusk s in the orderSorbeoconcha .Distribution
Species in this family are found world-wide, mostly in
tropical shallow waters.Description
Most members have massive shells with three or four prominent columellar plicae. Deep water members are rather small however, of light build, elongate- shape, the anterior canal a long slender prolongation of the
body whorl , and the anterior end is spout-like.Subfamilies
*
Columbariinae Tomlin, 1928
*Tudiclinae Cossmann, 1901
*Turbinellinae Swainson, 1835
*Vasinae H.Adams & A.Adams, 1853Genera
* "
Exilioidea " Grant and Gale, 1931
* "Metzgeria" Norman, 1879
* "Ptychatractus " Stimpson, 1865
* "Surculina " Dall, 1908
* "Turbinella "Lamarck , 1799
* "Vasum " Roding, 1798References
*
* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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