Turbinellidae

Turbinellidae
Turbinella pyrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Turbinellidae Swainson, 1835
Genera
See text
Synonyms [1]
Turbinellinae Swainson, 1835 superseded rank Xancidae Pilsbry, 1922

Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators. ^[2]

Distribution

Species in this family are found worldwide, mostly in tropical shallow waters but some in deep waters.

Genera

• Cryptofusus Beu, 2011
• † Fascioplex Marwick, 1934
• † Fimbrivasum Squires & Saul, 2001 †
• † Fyfea H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
• † Latirogona Laws, 1944
• † Pisanella Koenen, 1865
• Syrinx Röding, 1798
• Turbinella Lamarck, 1799

Subfamilies

• subfamily Columbariinae Tomlin, 1928: synonym of Columbariidae Tomlin, 1928

• subfamily Tudiclinae Cossmann, 1901: synonym of Tudiclidae Cossmann, 1901 (superseded rank)

• subfamily Vasinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840): synonym of Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (superseded rank)

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  Syrinx aruanus
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  Turbinella pyrum

Genera brought into synonymy

• BuccinellaPerry, 1811 : synonym of Turbinella Lamarck, 1799
• CynodontaSchumacher, 1817 : synonym of Vasum Röding, 1798
• MegalatractusP. Fischer, 1884: synonym of Syrinx Röding, 1798 (junior subjective synonym)
• PerostylusPilsbry, 1894: synonym of Syrinx Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
• ScolymusSwainson, 1835: synonym of Turbinella Lamarck, 1799 (junior subjective synonym)
• Surculina Dall, 1908: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
• TudiculaH. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 : synonym of Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987
• XancusRöding, 1798: synonym of Turbinella Lamarck, 1799 (placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 489)

References

1. Exilia Conrad, 1860. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 April 2012.
2. Ponder, Winston Frank; Lindberg, David R.; Ponder, Juliet Mary (2019). Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca. CRC Press. p. 1934. ISBN   978-1-351-11564-3.

• Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. ISBN   2-85653-538-0. 463 pp.
• Dekkers, A.; Maxwell, S. (2018). "Altivasum Hedley, 1914 (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) from South Western Australia". The Festivus. 50 (4): 245–255. doi: 10.54173/F504245 .