''Turrisipho'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Colidae
The Colidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, belonging to the superfamily Buccinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Colidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ap ...
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Turrisipho Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137714 on 2022-11-19]
Species
Species within the genus ''Turrisipho'' include:
* ''
Turrisipho dalli''
(Friele in Tryon, 1881)
* ''
Turrisipho fenestratus
''Turrisipho fenestratus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.
Description
The length of the shell attains .
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Iceland
I ...
''
(Turton, 1834)
* ''
Turrisipho lachesis''
(Mørch, 1869)
* ''
Turrisipho moebii''
(Dunker & Metzger, 1874)
* ''
Turrisipho voeringi''
Bouchet & Warén, 1985
;Synonyms:
* ''Turrisipho undulatus''
(Friele in Tryon, 1881):
synonym of ''
Turrisipho lachesis''
(Mörch, 1869)
References
External links
Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296Dall, W. H. (1918). Notes on Chrysodomus and other mollusks from the North Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 54 (2234): 207-234
Colidae
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