Turbinidae

Turbinidae
Shells of Angaria delphinus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinoidea
Family:	Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
Genera and species
See text.

Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropods. Turbinidae have a strong, thick calcareous operculum readily distinguishing them from the somewhat similar Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum.

Etymology

The common name turban snail presumably refers to the shell's similarity in appearance to a turban. However, the scientific name Turbinidae is based on the genus name Turbo, which is Latin for spinning top, a child's toy. Turbine has a similar derivation.

The family known as top snails appear similar but are the Trochidae and have a different operculum.

Taxonomy

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005) Turbinidae are members of the clade Vetigastropoda. Previously they were classified in the subclass Prosobranchia, in the order Archaeogastropoda in the superfamily Trochacea. Trochaecea is now a synonym for the superfamily Trochoidea.

Genera

The shell of Guildfordia yoka, a deep water turbinid.

Genera in the Turbinidae family include:^[1][2]

• Genus Angaria Röding, 1798

• Genus Arene H. Adams and A. Adams, 1854
  • Arene adusta J. H. McLean, 1970
  • Arene bairdii (Dall, 1889)
  • Arene balboai (Strong and Hertlein, 1939)
  • Arene brasiliana (Dall, 1927)
  • Arene briareus (Dall, 1881)
  • Arene californica (Dall, 1908)
  • Arene carinata Carpenter, 1857
  • Arene coronadensis (Stohler, 1959)
  • Arene cruentata (Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1829)
  • Arene diegensis J. H. McLean, 1964
  • Arene farallonensis (A. G. Smith, 1952)
  • Arene ferruginosa J. H. McLean, 1970
  • Arene fricki Crosse, 1865
  • Arene lepidotera (J. H. Mclean, 1970)
  • Arene lucasensis Strong, 1933
  • Arene miniata (Dall, 1889)
  • Arene riisei Rehder, 1943
  • Arene stellata J. H. McLean, 1970
  • Arene tricarinata (Stearns, 1872)
  • Arene variabilis (Dall, 1889)
  • Arene venusta (Woodring, 1928)
  • Arene venustula Aguayo and Rehder, 1936
• Genus Astraea Röding, 1798
  • Astraea heliotropium (Martyn, 1784)
  • Astraea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Genus Bolma Sacco, 1896
  • Bolma recens Dell, 1967
  • Bolma kermadecensis Beau & Ponder, 1979
• Genus Cantrainea Jeffreys, 1883
  • Cantrainea inexpectata (Marshall, 1979)
• Genus Cookia Lesson, 1832
  • Cookia sulcata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Genus Homalopoma Iredale, 1915
• Genus Leptothyra Pease, 1869
  • Leptothyra benthicola (Marshall, 1979)
  • Leptothyra kermadecensis (Marshall, 1979)
• Genus Modelia Gray, 1850
  • Modelia granosa (Martyn, 1784)
• Genus Turbo Linnaeus, 1758

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References

External links

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