Turrinae is a former subfamily of

predatory Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill th ...

sea snails, marine gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s 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.

Genera

Genera in the subfamily Turrinae include:- World Register of Marine Species
/ref> *''Austrogemmula '' Laseron, 1954: synonym of '' Epidirella'' Iredale, 1931 (junior objective synonym of Epidirella) *'' Cretaspira'' Kuroda & Oyama, 1971 *'' Cryptogemma'' Dall, 1918 *'' Decollidrillia'' Habe & Ito, 1965 *'' Epidirona'' Iredale, 1931 *''

Fusiturris ''Fusiturris'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fusiturridae Fusiturridae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea Conoidea is a superfamil ...

'' Thiele, 1929 *'' Gemmula'' Weinkauff, 1875 *'' Gemmuloborsonia'' Shuto, 1989 *'' Iotyrris'' Medinskaya & Sysoev, 2001 *'' Kuroshioturris'' Shuto, 1961 *'' Lophiotoma'' Casey, 1904 *'' Lophioturris'' Powell, 1964 *''

Lucerapex ''Lucerapex'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids. Distribution This marine genus has a wide Indo-West Pacific distribution. Fossils have been in Quaternary strata on Timor and Indonesia and ...

'' Wenz, 1943 *'' Pinguigemmula'' McNeil, 1961 *'' Polystira'' Woodring, 1928 *'' Ptychosyrinx'' Thiele, 1925 *'' Riuguhdrillia'' Oyama, 1951 *'' Sinistrella'' Meyer, 1887 *''

Turris ''Turris'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids. Description The generally large shells are variegated with spots. The fusiform shell is turriculated with a long, sharp spire. The aperture is ...

'' Röding, 1798 *'' Unedogemmula'' MacNeil, 1961 *'' Viridoturris'' Powell, 1964 *'' Xenuroturris'' Iredale, 1929 *'' Zemacies'' Finlay, 1926

Genera

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