Turrilatirus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Fasciolariinae of the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Turrilatirus
Turrilatirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Turrilatirus
Vermeij & M.A. Snyder, 2006
Type species
Voluta turrita Gmelin, 1791

Species edit

Species within the genus Turrilatirus include:

References edit

  1. ^ Turrilatirus Vermeij & M.A. Snyder, 2006. WoRMS (2010). Turrilatirus Vermeij & M.A. Snyder, 2006. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489061 on 1 September 2010 .
  2. ^ Turrilatirus craticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
  3. ^ Turrilatirus iris (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
  4. ^ Turrilatirus melvilli (Schepman, 1911). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
  5. ^ Turrilatirus nagasakiensis (E.A. Smith, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
  6. ^ Turrilatirus sanguifluus (Reeve, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
  7. ^ Turrilatirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.

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