''Heteroturris'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.or ...
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Heteroturris Powell, 1967. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432472 on 2016-03-10}]
This genus was previously included in the subfamily
Clathurellinae
Clathurellinae was a subfamily of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 397 pp ...
of the family
Clavatulidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Heteroturris'' include:
* ''
Heteroturris gemmuloides
''Heteroturris gemmuloides'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoide ...
''
Sysoev, 1997
* ''
Heteroturris kanacospira
''Heteroturris'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family BorsoniidaeBouchet, P. (2015). Heteroturris Powell, 1967. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...
''
Kantor, Fedosov & Puillandre, 2018
* ''
Heteroturris serta
''Heteroturris serta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouc ...
''
Sysoev, 1997
* ''
Heteroturris sola
''Heteroturris sola'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouch ...
''
Powell, 1967
References
* Powell, Arthur William Baden,1967. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1a: The subfamily Turrinae concluded.
External links
Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.*
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