''Uvanilla'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Turbinidae
Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies ...
, the turban snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Uvanilla'' include:
* ''
Uvanilla babelis''
(P. Fischer, 1874)
* ''
Uvanilla buschii''
(Philippi, 1844)
* ''
Uvanilla olivacea''
(W. Wood, 1828)
* ''
Uvanilla unguis''
(W. Wood, 1828)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Uvanilla heimburgi''
Dunker, 1882: synonym of ''
Astralium heimburgi''
(Dunker, 1882)
References
* Keen M. (1971) ''Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú'', ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
* Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) ''The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990''. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104-245.
Turbinidae
Gastropod genera
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