Turris

For other uses, see Turris (disambiguation).
Turris
a shell of Turris babylonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Subfamily: Turrinae
Genus: Turris
Röding, 1798
Synonyms[1]
  • Annulaturris Powell, 1966
  • Mitra (Turris) Batsch, 1789
  • Pleurotoma Lamarck, 1799
  • Pleurotoma (Surcula)

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

Description

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]

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

This genus inhabits warm seas.

Species

Species within the genus Turris include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

- Turris abyssorum (Locard, 1897): synonym of Gymnobela abyssorum (Locard, 1897)

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. Turris ambages Barnard, 1958.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  4. Turris amicta .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  5. Turris annulata (Reeve, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  6. Turris babylonia (Linne, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  7. Turris brevicanalis (Kuroda, Habe & Oyama, 1971).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  8. Turris condei Vera-Pelaez et al, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  9. Turris crispa (Lamarck, 1816).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  10. Turris cristata Vera-Pelaez et al, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  11. Turris cryptorrhaphe (Sowerby I, 1825).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  12. Turris faleiroi Kilburn, 1998.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  13. Houssein L. Abbass (1977), A Monograph of new Miocene Gastropod Species in the Cairo-Suez District, Egypt; J. Univ. Kuwait (Sci.) 4, 1977
  14. Turris garnonsii (Reeve, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  15. Turris grandis (Gray, 1834).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  16. Turris hidalgoi Vera-Pelaez et al, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  17. Turris nadaensis Azuma, 1973.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  18. Turris nodifera (Lamarck, 1822).  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 omnipurpurata Vera-Pelaez et al, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  21. Turris pagasa Olivera, 1999.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  22. Turris ruthae Kilburn, 1983.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  23. Turris solomonensis (Smith E. A., 1876).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  24. Turris spectabilis (Reeve, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  25. Turris tanyspira Kilburn, 1975.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  26. Turris undosa (Lamarck, 1816).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  27. Turris ankaramanyensis Bozzetti, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  28. Turris cincta .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  29. Turris cingulifera .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  30. Turris clionellaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1875).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  31. Turris dollyae Olivera, 1999.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  32. Turris integra (Thiele, 1925).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  33. Turris joubini (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  34. Turris kilburni Vera-Pelaez et al, 2000.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  35. Turris munizi 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 tigrina Lamarck.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  39. Turris torta Dautzenberg.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  40. Turris totiphyllis Oliverio, 1999.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  41. Turris violacea .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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