Xenuroturris

Xenuroturris
Shell of Xenuroturris legitima (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Xenuroturris
Iredale, 1929
Synonyms[1]
  • Clamturris Iredale, 1931
  • Lophiotoma (Xenuroturris) Iredale, 1929

Xenuroturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

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This genus characterized by a polygonal protoconch. The anterior siphonal canal is relatively short. The sinus rib is margined.[2]

Distribution

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This marine genus occurs in the Red Sea and extends from the tropical Indian Ocean to the tropical Pacific Ocean as far east as Hawaii; also off Australia (Queensland) and Mozambique.

Species

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Species within the genus Xenuroturris include:[1]

Synonyms

References

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  • Olivera, B.M. 2002. The gastropod genus Xenuroturris (Iredale, 1929) evaluated and a new turrid Lophiotoma olangoensis described from the Central Philippines. Science Diliman 14(2): 39-49
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  • redale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31
  • Iredale, T. (1931). Australian molluscan notes. No I. Records of the Australian Museum. 18(4): 201-235, pls. 22-25
  • Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.