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

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

See text

Description edit

(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 edit

Species within the genus Tenaturris include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Tenaturris burchi Hertlein, 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 helenensis E.A. Smith, 1884: synonym of Tenaturris gemma (E.A. Smith, 1884)
  • Tenaturris nereis Pilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe, 1932: synonym of Tenaturris merita (Hinds, 1843)
  • Tenaturris phaethusa (Dall, 1919): synonym of Notocytharella phaethusa (Dall, 1919)
  • Tenaturris trifasciata L.A. Reeve, 1845: synonym of Tenaturris trilineata (C.B. Adams, 1845)

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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 edit

  • 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