''Iotyrris'' 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
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 Turridae
Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...
, the turrids.
Distribution
This marine genus occurs in the
Western Pacific Ocean and off
Australia
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Iotyrris'' include:
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Iotyrris cerithiformis
''Iotyrris cerithiformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Description
The length of the shell attains 35 mm, its diameter 12 mm.
(Original description by Pease) The fusiform, turre ...
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(Powell, 1964)
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Iotyrris cingulifera
''Iotyrris cingulifera'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Description
The length of the fusiform shell is 53 mm and its diameter 16 mm. The shell is rather narrow with a very ...
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(Lamarck, 1822)
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Iotyrris conotaxis
''Iotyrris conotaxis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Iotyrris conotaxis Abdelkrim, Aznar-Cormano, Buge, Fedosov, Kantor, Zaharias & Puillandre, ...
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Abdelkrim, Aznar-Cormano, Buge, Fedosov, Kantor, Zaharias & Puillandre, 2018
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Iotyrris devoizei
''Iotyrris devoizei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Description
Distribution
''I. devoizei'' has been found in Vanuatu and Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic ...
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Kantor et al., 2008
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Iotyrris kingae
''Iotyrris kingae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Iotyrris kingae (Powell, 1964). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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(Powell, 1964)
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Iotyrris marquesensis
''Iotyrris marquesensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Turridae, the turrids.
Description
The length of the shell attains 29 mm.
This species is a non-broadcast spawner. Life cycle ...
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Sysoev, 2002
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Iotyrris musivum
''Iotyrris musivum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Description
The length of the shell attains 12.6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Vanuatu
Vanuatu ( or ...
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Kantor et al., 2008
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Iotyrris notata
''Iotyrris notata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Iotyrris notata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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(G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
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Iotyrris olangoensis
''Iotyrris olangoensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Iotyrris olangoensis (Olivera, 2002). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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(Olivera, 2002)
References
* Medinskaya, A.A., & Sysoev, A.V. 2001. The foregut anatomy of the genus Xenuroturris (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Turridae), with a description of a new genus. Ruthenica 11: 7-14.
* Kantor, Y.I., Puillandre, N., Olivera, B.M. & Bouchet, P. 2008. Morphological Proxies for Taxonomic Decision in Turrids (Mollusca, Neogastropoda): a Test of the Value of Shell and Radula Characters using Molecular Data. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 25: 1156-1170
* Abdelkrim, J.; Aznar-Cormano, L.; Buge, B.; Fedosov, A.; Kantor, Y.; Zaharias, P.; Puillandre, N. (2018). Delimiting species of marine gastropods (Turridae, Conoidea) using RAD sequencing in an integrative taxonomy framework. Molecular Ecology. 27(22): 4591-4611
External links
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308. Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295
Turridae
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