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Turritellidae Lovén, 1847

113275  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:113275)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Sorbeoconcha (Order)
  6. Turritellidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Bowlesia Etayo-Serna, 1979 † · unaccepted (Treated as subgenus)
Merriamella Etayo-Serna, 1979 · unaccepted (Treated as subgenus)
Sohlitella Etayo-Serna, 1979 † · unaccepted (Treated as subgenus)

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  1. Genus Allmonia Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 †
  2. Genus Archimediella Sacco, 1895
  3. Genus Armatus Golikov, 1986
  4. Genus Banzarecolpus Powell, 1957
  5. Genus Batillona Finlay, 1927 †
  6. Genus Caviturritella Friend & Anderson in Friend et al., 2023 †
  7. Genus Colposigma Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
  8. Genus Colpospira Donald, 1900
  9. Genus Craginia Stephenson, 1952 †
  10. Genus Cristispira Allison, 1965 †
  11. Genus Gazameda Iredale, 1924
  12. Genus Geolcomia Likharev, 1975 †
  13. Genus Helminthia Handmann, 1882
  14. Genus Incatella DeVries, 2007 †
  15. Genus Kapalmerella Allmon, 2005 †
  16. Genus Kurosioia Ida, 1952
  17. Genus Laxispira Gabb, 1877 †
  18. Genus Maoricolpus Finlay, 1926
  19. Genus Mariacolpus Petuch, 1988 †
  20. Genus Mesalia Gray, 1847
  21. Genus Neohaustator Ida, 1952
  22. Genus Oligodia Handmann, 1882 †
  23. Genus Omalaxis Deshayes, 1830 †
  24. Genus Orectospira Dall, 1925
  25. Genus Pareora Marwick, 1931 †
  26. Genus Protoma Baird, 1870
  27. Genus Ptychidia Handmann, 1882 †
  28. Genus Roamerella Donovan & van den Hoek Ostende, 2013 †
  29. Genus Sigmesalia Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
  30. Genus Spirocolpus Finlay, 1926 †
  31. Genus Stiracolpus Finlay, 1926
  32. Genus Tachyrhynchus Mörch, 1868
  33. Genus Tropicolpus Marwick, 1931 †
  34. Genus Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  35. Genus Turritellinella Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 †
  36. Genus Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799
  37. Genus Viennella Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 †
  38. Genus Woodsalia Olsson, 1929 †
  39. Genus Zeacolpus Finlay, 1926
  40. Genus Archimedella Dollfus, 1913 accepted as Archimediella Sacco, 1895
  41. Genus Belone Handmann, 1882 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  42. Genus Bowlesia Etayo-Serna, 1979 † accepted as Turritellidae Lovén, 1847 (Treated as subgenus)
  43. Genus Colospira Hedley, 1923 accepted as Colpospira Donald, 1900
  44. Genus Colpospirella Powell, 1951 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  45. Genus Ctenocolpus Iredale, 1925 accepted as Colpospira Donald, 1900 (Synonym)
  46. Genus Eurotropis Handmann, 1882 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  47. Genus Haustata Coates, 1925 accepted as Haustator Montfort, 1810 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  48. Genus Haustator Montfort, 1810 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  49. Genus Hemitropis Handmann, 1882 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  50. Genus Maoricolpus Allan, 1927 accepted as Maoricolpus Finlay, 1926 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  51. Genus Merriamella Etayo-Serna, 1979 accepted as Turritellidae Lovén, 1847 (Treated as subgenus)
  52. Genus Messalia Fischer & Wenz, 1918 accepted as Mesalia Gray, 1847
  53. Genus Omphalia Zekeli, 1852 † accepted as Cassiope Coquand, 1865 †
  54. Genus Platycolpus Donald, 1900 accepted as Colpospira Donald, 1900 (Synonym)
  55. Genus Protama Cossmann, 1922 accepted as Protoma Baird, 1870
  56. Genus Proto Blainville, 1824 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799 (Invalid: junior homonym of Proto Leach, 1814 [Crustacea])
  57. Genus Protomella Thiele, 1929 accepted as Protoma Baird, 1870
  58. Genus Prototoma Crosse, 1872 accepted as Protoma Baird, 1870
  59. Genus Rhabdosis Handmann, 1882 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  60. Genus Smithia Maltzan, 1883 accepted as Callostracum E. A. Smith, 1909 (invalid: junior homonym of Smithia Edwards & Haime, 1851; Callostracum is a replacement name)
  61. Genus Sohlitella Etayo-Serna, 1979 † accepted as Turritellidae Lovén, 1847 (Treated as subgenus)
  62. Genus Spirocolpus Allan, 1927 † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  63. Genus Steptopoma Paetel, 1875 accepted as Stephopoma Mörch, 1860
  64. Genus Stiracolpus Allan, 1927 accepted as Stiracolpus Finlay, 1926 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  65. Genus Terebellum Gray, 1847 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  66. Genus Torcula Gray, 1847 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  67. Genus Turilla Cotter, 1907 † accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  68. Genus Turitella Zieten, 1832 † accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  69. Genus Turrilla Cotter, 1907 † accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  70. Genus Turritelli Conrad, 1855 † accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  71. Genus Vebmiculus Mörch, 1860 (Misspelling)
  72. Genus Vermiculus Lister, 1688 accepted as Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799 (Pre-Linnean)
  73. Genus Vermiculus Mörch, 1859 accepted as Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799 (non Vermiculus Dalyell, 1853 [Nemertea])
  74. Genus Wyatella † accepted as Wyattella Adegoke, 1967 †
  75. Genus Zaria Gray, 1847 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  76. Genus Zeacolpus Allan, 1927 accepted as Zeacolpus Finlay, 1926 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  77. Genus Callostracum E. A. Smith, 1909 (uncertain, unassessed)
  78. Genus Coeloconica Eames, 1957 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  79. Genus Costacolpus Marwick, 1966 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  80. Genus Eligmostoma Cossmann, 1888 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  81. Genus Gazemeda (uncertain, unassessed)
  82. Genus Hataiella Kotaka, 1959 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  83. Genus Heideckernema Cook, 1998 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  84. Genus Idaella Kotaka, 1959 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  85. Genus Sechuritella Olsson, 1944 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  86. Genus Springvaleia Rutsch, 1943 (uncertain, unassessed)
  87. Genus Tachyrynchus Mörch, 1868 (uncertain, unassessed)
  88. Genus Torculina Ryckholt, 1860 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  89. Genus Trinema Cook, 1997 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  90. Genus Wyattella Adegoke, 1967 † (uncertain, unassessed)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2025). Turritellidae Lovén, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113275 on 2026-04-28
Date
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

current name source Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47(1-2): 1-397. [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

original description (of Bowlesia Etayo-Serna, 1979 †) Etayo-Serna, F. (1979). La fauna de moluscos del Paleoceno de Colombia. Moluscos de una capa del Paleoceno de Manatial (Guajira). <em>Boletín de Geología.</em> 13(27): 5-55., available online at https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistaboletindegeologia/article/view/7140/7389 [details] 

original description (of Merriamella Etayo-Serna, 1979) Etayo-Serna, F. (1979). La fauna de moluscos del Paleoceno de Colombia. Moluscos de una capa del Paleoceno de Manatial (Guajira). <em>Boletín de Geología.</em> 13(27): 5-55., available online at https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistaboletindegeologia/article/view/7140/7389 [details] 

original description (of Sohlitella Etayo-Serna, 1979 †) Etayo-Serna, F. (1979). La fauna de moluscos del Paleoceno de Colombia. Moluscos de una capa del Paleoceno de Manatial (Guajira). <em>Boletín de Geología.</em> 13(27): 5-55., available online at https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistaboletindegeologia/article/view/7140/7389 [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Prosobranchia (Subclass) > Sorbeoconcha (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Turritellidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): M; stratigraphic range: Cretaceous (Valanginian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]
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