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

Turris
a shell of Turris babylonia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Batsch, 1789
Type species
Murex babylonius
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Annulaturris Powell, 1966
  • Mitra (Turris) Batsch, 1789
  • Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799
  • Pleurotoma (Turris) Batsch, 1789
  • Turris (Annulaturris) Powell, 1966 · alternate representation

Description

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The generally large shells are variegated with spots. The fusiform shell is turriculated with a long, sharp spire. The aperture is ovate. The columellar lip is smooth. The outer lip is separated with a narrow profound sinus from the suture rather than distantly. The siphonal canal is long and narrow, straight and open.[2]

(Description by Charles Hedley) The shell is large, with a tall slender spire. The outer lip is sharp, without fold or thickening. The siphonal notch is a deep slit with parallel sides following a walled-in fasciole. Within the body whorl are sharp raised revolving threads, a feature shared by related genera. The protoconch consists of two smooth rounded whorls. The operculum is unguiculate, with an apical nucleus.[3]

The foot of the animal is anteriorly truncated but obtuse posteriorly. The tentacles are cylindrical, with the eyes externally near their base The teeth of the toxoglossan radula are falciform and angulated (formula 1-0-1).

Distribution

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This genus inhabits warm seas.

Species

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The extinct species are only tentatively placed in the genus Turris.

Fossil Turris-species

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ a b Turris Röding, 1798. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 July 2011.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology VI, p. 160; 1884
  3. ^ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
  4. ^ WMSDB Turris adendanii
  5. ^ Dartevelle (E.) & Brébion (P.), 1956 - Mollusques fossiles du Crétacé de la Côte occidentale d'Afrique du Cameroun à l'Angola. 1. Gastéropodes. Annales du Musée royal du Congo belge. Sciences géologiques, vol. 15, p. 1-128
  6. ^ WMSD: Turris aequensis
  7. ^ Turris ambages Barnard, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  8. ^ Turris amicta. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  9. ^ Turris annulata (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  10. ^ Turris babylonia (Linne, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  11. ^ Turris brevicanalis (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  12. ^ Turris condei Vera-Pelaez et al, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  13. ^ Turris crispa (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  14. ^ Turris faleiroi Kilburn, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  15. ^ Houssein L. Abbass (1977), A Monograph of new Miocene Gastropod Species in the Cairo-Suez District, Egypt; J. Univ. Kuwait (Sci.) 4, 1977
  16. ^ Turris garnonsii (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  17. ^ Turris grandis (Gray, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  18. ^ Turris hidalgoi Vera-Pelaez et al, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  19. ^ Turris normandavidsoni Olivera, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  20. ^ Turris pagasa Olivera, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  21. ^ Turris ruthae Kilburn, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  22. ^ Turris spectabilis (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  23. ^ Kovács, Zoltán, and Zoltán Vicián. "Middle Miocene Conoidea (Neogastropoda) assemblage of Letkés (Hungary), Part II.(Borsoniidae, Cochlespiridae, Clavatulidae, Turridae, Fusiturridae)." Földtani Közlöny 151.2 (2021): 137-137.
  24. ^ Turris ankaramanyensis Bozzetti, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  25. ^ Turris cincta. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  26. ^ Turris cingulifera. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  27. ^ Turris clionellaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  28. ^ Turris cristata Vera-Pelaez et al, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  29. ^ Turris cryptorrhaphe (Sowerby I, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  30. ^ Turris dollyae Olivera, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  31. ^ Turris integra (Thiele, 1925). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  32. ^ Turris joubini (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  33. ^ Turris kilburni Vera-Pelaez et al, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  34. ^ Turris munizi Vera-Pelaez et al, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  35. ^ Turris omnipurpurata Vera-Pelaez et al, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  36. ^ Turris orthopleura Kilburn, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  37. ^ Turris pluteata Reeve. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  38. ^ Turris solomonensis (Smith E. A., 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  39. ^ Turris tanyspira Kilburn, 1975. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  40. ^ Turris tigrina Lamarck. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  41. ^ Turris torta Dautzenberg. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  42. ^ Turris totiphyllis Oliverio, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  43. ^ Turris undosa (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  44. ^ Turris violacea. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  • Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1-58.
  • Dubois A. & Bour R. (2010). The distinction between family-series and class-series nomina in zoological nomenclature, with emphasis on the nomina created by Batsch (1788, 1789) and on the higher nomenclature of turtles. Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 57(2): 149-171.
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