Ceritoturris

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Ceritoturris
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Shell of a Ceritoturris sp. (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Ceritoturris
Dall, 1924
Type species
Crassispira bittium
Dall, 1924
Species

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Synonyms [1]

Crassispira (Ceritoturris)Dall, 1924 (original rank)

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Ceritoturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae. [1]

It was previously included within the subfamily Crassispirinae, family Turridae. [1]

Fossils of Ceritoturris fecundaLozouet, 1999 have been found in Miocene strata of Germany; age range: 15.97 to 11.608 Ma. [2] and late Oligocene strata in the Aquitaine Basin [3]

Description

The minute shell has a blunt protoconch. The second whorl shows a peripheral keel. The seven subsequent whorls are moderately rounded, axially and spirally sculptured. The siphonal canal is almost obsolete. [4]

Species

Species within the genus Ceritoturris include:

Species brought into synonymy

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