| Monilispira | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Monilispira Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Drillia monilifera Carpenter, 1857 | |
| Species | |
See text | |
Monilispira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]
Species within the genus Monilispira include:
Turrid, plural turrids, is a common name for a very large group of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks which until recently were all classified in the family Turridae. However, recently the family was discovered to be polyphyletic and therefore was split into a number of families.
Crassispira is a genus of small predatory sea snails with narrow, high-spired shells, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Teinostoma is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Tornidae.
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea and part of the Neogastropoda.
Crassispirinae is a subfamily of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Turridae, commonly named turrids.
Monilispira circumcincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Pilsbryspira monilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Cymatosyrinx is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Fenimorea is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Pilsbryspira is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Truncadaphne is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Miraclathurella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Fusiturricula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Pyrgospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae,the turrids and allies
Kurtziella is a genus of small, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae. Prior to a 2011 genetic revision, the genus used to be included in the family Conidae.
Pyrgocythara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Dallspira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Cleospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.