| Guildfordia | |
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| Two views of a shell of Guildfordia yoka | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Guildfordia Gray, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Trochus triumphans Philippi, 1841 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Guildfordia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. [1]
The imperforate shell is wheel-shaped. It is low-conic and granulose above, convex below. The periphery is armed with long slender radiating spines, which are concealed at the sutures. The operculum is flat, with a subobsolete arcuate rib outside. The central tooth of the radula has no cusps. [2]
This marine genus occurs off the Philippines, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Eastern Indian Ocean, Oceania, and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
Species within the genus Guildfordia include:
Guildfordia yoka, the yoka star turban, is a species of deep-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Lithopoma is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails with a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Turbininae of the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Astralium, common name star snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails and star snails.
Bolma is a genus of medium to large sea snails with a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Bolma andersoni, common name Anderson's star shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Bolma girgyllus, common name the girgyllus star snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Bolma minutiradiosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Guildfordia aculeata, common name the aculeate star turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. Also known as the "prickly star shell," is a species of sea snail in the family Turbinidae. It is a marine gastropod mollusk characterized by its distinctive, spiny shell, which is both functional and decorative.
Guildfordia radians is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Guildfordia superba, common name the superb star turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Turbo walteri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Bellastraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Pomaulax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Turbo cepoides is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.
Uvanilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Bolma flava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Bolma kermadecensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Bolma microconcha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Bolma midwayensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Lunella viridicallus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
