Turricula (gastropod)

Turricula
Temporal range:
Fossil shells of Turricula dimidiata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus:
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Turricula flammea
Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma (Surcula)
  • Surcula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
  • Turris (Surcula) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853

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

Taxonomy

Clavatulidae was raised, based on cladistic analysis, from subfamily to the family level by Rosenberg in 1998. It remained regarded as a subfamily of Turridae by several malacologists (Kantor, Sysoev).[1] until a new publication in 2011[2]

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous to the Quaternary (age range: from 70.6 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found all over the world.[3]

Description

The turriculated shell is fusiform with a long spire. The anal sinus is situated in the infrasutural depression above the peripheral carina. The siphonal canal is long, tapering and slightly bent. The operculum has a medio-lateral nucleus. The eyes of the animal are situated at the base of the tentacles. Radula formula : 1-0-1.[4]

Distribution

The species of this marine genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and east Africa to Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Species

Species within the genus Turricula include:[3][5]

Extinct
  • † Turricula dimidiata Brocchi, 1814[10]
  • † Turricula eolavinia Olsson, 1930
  • † Turricula excelsa Bohm, 1926
  • † Turricula hanguensis Cox, 1930
  • † Turricula haydeni Cox, 1930
  • † Turricula kayalensis Dey, 1961
  • † Turricula promensis silistrensis Vredenburg, 1921
  • † Turricula promensis Vredenburg, 1921
  • † Turricula sethuramae Vredenburg, 1921
  • † Turricula spuria Hedley, 1922
  • † Turricula taurina Olsson, 1922
  • † Turricula terryi Olsson, 1922
  • † Turricula thangaensis Vredenburg, 1921

Synonyms

  • Turricula bijubata (Reeve, 1843): synonym of Turridrupa bijubata (Reeve, 1843)
  • † Turricula (Crenaturricula) bouryi Glibert, 1960: synonym of † Turricula barreti (de Boury, 1899) (unnecessary replacement name for Pleurotoma barreti de Boury, 1899)
  • Turricula brunonia Dall, 1924: synonym of Veprecula brunonia (Dall, 1924)
  • Turricula cadaverosa (Reeve, 1844): synonym of Vexillum cadaverosum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Turricula casta H. Adams, 1872: synonym of Vexillum castum (H. Adams, 1872)
  • † Turricula cruziana Olsson, 1932 accepted as † Cruziturricula cruziana (Olsson, 1932) (original combination)
  • † Turricula curtata Marwick, 1926 accepted as † Marshallena curtata (Marwick, 1926)
  • Turricula ensyuensis Shikama, 1977: synonym of Comitas ensyuensis (Shikama, 1977)
  • † Turricula esdailei Marwick, 1926 accepted as † Tahuia esdailei (Marwick, 1926)
  • † Turricula (Fusimitra) extranea (Deshayes, 1865): synonym of † Vexillum extraneum (Deshayes, 1865)
  • Turricula flammea Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Turricula javana (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • † Turricula gendinganensis K. Martin, 1906 accepted as Unedogemmula indica (Röding, 1798)
  • Turricula granobalteatus [sic]: synonym of Turricula granobalteus (Hedley, 1922)
  • Turricula hondoana Dall, 1925: synonym of Aforia circinata (Dall, 1873)
  • † Turricula ilonae Báldi, 1966 accepted as † Domenginella ilonae (Báldi, 1966)
  • Turricula japonica Dall, 1925 accepted as Aforia circinata (Dall, 1873)
  • Turricula kamakurana (Pilsbry, 1895): synonym of Comitas kamakurana (Pilsbry, 1895)
  • Turricula kuroharai Oyama, 1962: synonym of Comitas kuroharai (Oyama, 1962)
  • † Turricula lamarckii (Michelotti, 1847) accepted as † Kantoria lamarckii (Michelotti, 1847) (superseded combination)
  • Turricula lavinia Dall, 1919: synonym of Ptychobela lavinia (Dall, 1919)
  • Turricula lavinoides Olsson, 1922: synonym of Fusiturricula lavinoides (Olsson, 1922)
  • Turricula libya Dall, 1919: synonym of Tiariturris libya (Dall, 1919)
  • Turricula limonensis Olsson, 1922: synonym of Fusiturricula lavinoides (Olsson, 1922)
  • † Turricula mertoni (K. Martin, 1914) accepted as † Pleurofusia mertoni (K. Martin, 1914)
  • Turricula modesta Pease, 1868: synonym of Vexillum gruneri (Reeve, 1844) ·
  • † Turricula mordax (K. Martin, 1914) accepted as † Pleurofusia mordax (K. Martin, 1914)
  • Turricula murrawolga Garrard, 1961: synonym of Comitas murrawolga (Garrard, 1961)
  • † Turricula (Costellaria) paucicostata (Tate, 1889): synonym of † Austromitra lacertosa (Cernohorsky, 1970)
  • † Turricula permodesta (K. Martin, 1914) accepted as † Pentagoniturricula permodesta (K. Martin, 1914)
  • † Turricula planata F. W. Hutton, 1885 accepted as Austromitra planata (F. W. Hutton, 1885)
  • Turricula rectilateralis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874): synonym of Vexillum suluense (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Turricula scalaria (Barnard, 1958): synonym of Makiyamaia scalaria (Barnard, 1958)
  • † Turricula (Costellaria) tatei Cossmann, 1899: synonym of † Austromitra ralphi (Cossmann, 1900)
  • † Turricula taurina Olsson, 1922accepted as † Fusiturricula taurina (Olsson, 1922)
  • Turricula tornatus [sic]: synonym of Turricula tornata (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Turricula tuberculata (Gray, 1839): synonym of Turricula nelliae spuria (Hedley, 1922)
  • † Turricula waitaraensis Marwick, 1926: synonym of † Thatcheria waitaraensis (Marwick, 1926)

Taxa inquirenda

Further investigation needed:

  • Surcula aditus Barnard, 1969
  • Surcula bouvieri Jousseaume, 1898
  • Surcula urnula Thiele, 1925

References

  1. ^ a b c World Register of Marine Species: Clavatulidae. accessed 1 April 2010.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. ^ a b Fossilworks
  4. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 158; 1884 (described as the genus Surcula)
  5. ^ WoRMS : Turricula; accessed : 28 August 2011
  6. ^ Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 – Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132
  7. ^ Auckland Museum: Turricula rostrata
  8. ^ GBIF: Turricula rostrata
  9. ^ Conchology.be: Turricula rostrata
  10. ^ Fossile
  • Li, BQ. & Li, XZ. 2008. Report on the two subfamilies Clavatulinae and Cochlespirinae (Mollusca : Neogastropoda : Turridae) from the China seas. Zootaxa 1771: 31–42
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
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