Cochlespirinae was a subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Turridae,[1] commonly named turrids.
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| A live specimen of Megasurcula carpenteriana on the sea bed | |
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| Subfamily: | Cochlespirinae Powell, 1942
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It has been raised to the rank of family Cochlespiridae Powell, 1942 [2]
Genera
editGenera in the subfamily Cochlespirinae used to include:[3]
- Abyssocomitas Sysoev & Kantor, 1986
- Aforia Dall, 1889
- Ancistrosyrinx Dall, 1881
- Anticomitas Powell, 1942
- Antimelatoma Powell, 1942
- Antiplanes Dall, 1902
- Apiotoma Cossmann, 1889
- Carinoturris Bartsch, 1944
- Clavosurcula Schepman, 1913
- Cochlespira Conrad, 1865
- Comitas Finlay, 1926
- Fusiturricula Woodring, 1928
- Irenosyrinx Dall, 1908
- Knefastia Dall, 1919
- Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889
- Marshallena Finlay, 1926
- Megasurcula Casey, 1904
- Micropleurotoma Thiele, 1929
- Nihonia McNeil, 1961
- Paracomitas Powell, 1942
- Pyrgospira McLean, 1971
- Rectiplanes Bartsch, 1944
- Rhodopetoma Bartsch, 1944
- Shutonia van der Bijl, 1993
- Steiraxis Dall, 1896
- Toxicochlespira Sysoev & Kantor, 1990
- Vexitomina Powell, 1942
References
edit- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp.
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
- ^ WoRMS - World register of marine Species
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