Tenaturris

Tenaturris
Shell of Tenaturris sp.; museum specimen at MNHN, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Tenaturris Woodring, 1928
Species
See text

Tenaturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1]

Description

(Original description) The stout shell is medium-sized. The protoconch is conical, consisting of two and a half whorls, about the last one sculptured with axial riblets. (One species referred to this genus has a stout, cylindrical, smooth nucleus of two whorls.)

The aperture is long and moderately narrow. The anterior canal is short, barely emarginate. The outer lip is varicose. The anal notch immediately adjoining the suture is moderately deep and broadly rounded. The interior of the outer lip bears a low, broad denticle on the notch. The parietal callus is thin. The sculpture consists of axial ribs, which may be varicose here and there on the body whorl, and spiral threads, with microscopic frosted spirals in the interspaces. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Tenaturris include:

• Tenaturris bartlettii (Dall, 1889) ^[3]
• Tenaturris concinna (Adams C. B., 1852) ^[4]
• Tenaturris decora (Smith E. A., 1882) ^[5]
• Tenaturris dysoni (Reeve, 1846) ^[6]
• Tenaturris epomis (Dall, 1927)
• Tenaturris fulgens (Smith E. A., 1888) ^[7]
• Tenaturris gemma (Smith E. A., 1884) ^[8]
• † Tenaturris guppyi (W.H. Dall, 1896)
• Tenaturris inepta (E. A. Smith, 1882) ^[9]
• † Tenaturris isiola W.P. Woodring, 1928
• Tenaturris janira (Dall, 1919) ^[10]
• Tenaturris merita (Hinds, 1843) ^[11]
• Tenaturris multilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845)
• † Tenaturris terpna W.P. Woodring, 1928
• Tenaturris trilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845) ^[12]
• Tenaturris verdensis (Dall, 1919) ^[13]

Species brought into synonymy

• Tenaturris burchiHertlein, L.G. & A.M. Strong, 1951: synonym of Tenaturris verdensis (Dall, 1919)
• Tenaturris dubia(C. B. Adams, 1845): synonym of Pyrgocythara dubia (C. B. Adams, 1845):
• Tenaturris fusca(Adams C. B., 1845): ^[14] synonym of Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)
• Tenaturris helenensisE.A. Smith, 1884: synonym of Tenaturris gemma(E.A. Smith, 1884)
• Tenaturris nereisPilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe, 1932: synonym of Tenaturris merita(Hinds, 1843)
• Tenaturris phaethusa(Dall, 1919): synonym of Notocytharella phaethusa (Dall, 1919)
• Tenaturris trifasciataL.A. Reeve, 1845: synonym of Tenaturris trilineata(C.B. Adams, 1845)

References

1. Tenaturris . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 7 August 2011.
2. W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Tenaturris bartlettii (Dall, 1889) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
4. Tenaturris concinna (Adams C. B., 1852) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
5. Tenaturris decora (Smith E. A., 1882) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
6. Tenaturris dysoni (Reeve, 1846) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
7. Tenaturris fulgens (Smith E. A., 1888) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
8. Tenaturris gemma (Smith E. A., 1884) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
9. Tenaturris inepta (E. A. Smith, 1882) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
10. Tenaturris janira (Dall, 1919) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
11. Tenaturris merita (Hinds, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
12. Tenaturris trilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
13. Tenaturris verdensis (Dall, 1919) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
14. Tenaturris fusca (Adams C. B., 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.

External links

• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangeliidae