World Register of Deep-Sea species - Turritellidae Lovén, 1847

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Turritellidae Lovén, 1847

AphiaID

127 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Cerithioidea J. Fleming, 1822

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Subfamily Omalaxinae Cossmann, 1916 †
1. Genus Omalaxis Deshayes, 1832 †
Subfamily Orectospirinae T. Habe, 1955
1. Genus Orectospira Dall, 1925
Subfamily Turritellinae Lovén, 1847
1. Genus Armatus A. N. Golikov, 1986
2. Genus Banzarecolpus A. W. B. Powell, 1957
3. Genus Caviturritella Friend & B. M. Anderson, 2023
4. Genus Colpospira J. Donald, 1900
5. Genus Colpospirella A. W. B. Powell, 1951
6. Genus Haustator Montfort, 1810
7. Genus Stiracolpus H. J. Finlay, 1926
8. Genus Tachyrhynchus Mörch, 1868
9. Genus Turritella Lamarck, 1799
10. Genus Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799
11. Genus Zeacolpus H. J. Finlay, 1926
Subfamily Vermiculariinae Dall, 1913 accepted as Turritellinae Lovén, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, fresh

Original description

Lovén, S. (1847). Malacozoologi. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar. Volume 4, pp.175-199, pis. 2-6. (1847)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60263724
page(s): p. 194. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Deep-Sea (2026). Turritellidae Lovén, 1847. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127 on 2026-10-05

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Turritellidae Lovén, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127 on 2026-10-05

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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original description Lovén, S. (1847). Malacozoologi. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar. Volume 4, pp.175-199, pis. 2-6. (1847)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60263724
page(s): p. 194. [details]

basis of record Allmon, W. D. 2011. Natural history of turritelline gastropods (Cerithiodea: Turritellidae): a status report. Malacologia 54: 159-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.054.0107 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

additional source Marwick J. (1957). Generic revision of the Turritellidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 32(4): 144–166,. [details] Available for editors

additional source Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 27: 1-55. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Dutch	penhorens	[details]
English	turret snailstower shellsscrew shellsauger shells	[details]
German	Turmschnecken	[details]
Japanese	キリガイダマシ	[details]
Swedish	tornsnäckor	[details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turritellidae)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To NHMUK collection (Turritellidae Loven, 1847; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7974653)
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits)
To ITIS

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To NHMUK collection (Turritellidae Loven, 1847; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7974653)

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