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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 Colposigma Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
  7. Genus Colpospira Donald, 1900
  8. Genus Craginia Stephenson, 1952 †
  9. Genus Cristispira Allison, 1965 †
  10. Genus Gazameda Iredale, 1924
  11. Genus Geolcomia Likharev, 1975 †
  12. Genus Helminthia Handmann, 1882
  13. Genus Incatella DeVries, 2007 †
  14. Genus Kapalmerella Allmon, 2005 †
  15. Genus Kurosioia Ida, 1952
  16. Genus Laxispira Gabb, 1877 †
  17. Genus Maoricolpus Finlay, 1926
  18. Genus Mariacolpus Petuch, 1988 †
  19. Genus Mesalia Gray, 1847
  20. Genus Neohaustator Ida, 1952
  21. Genus Oligodia Handmann, 1882 †
  22. Genus Omalaxis Deshayes, 1830 †
  23. Genus Orectospira Dall, 1925
  24. Genus Pareora Marwick, 1931 †
  25. Genus Protoma Baird, 1870
  26. Genus Ptychidia Handmann, 1882 †
  27. Genus Roamerella Donovan & van den Hoek Ostende, 2013 †
  28. Genus Sigmesalia Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
  29. Genus Spirocolpus Finlay, 1926 †
  30. Genus Stiracolpus Finlay, 1926
  31. Genus Tachyrhynchus Mörch, 1868
  32. Genus Tropicolpus Marwick, 1931 †
  33. Genus Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  34. Genus Turritellinella Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 †
  35. Genus Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799
  36. Genus Viennella Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 †
  37. Genus Woodsalia Olsson, 1929 †
  38. Genus Zeacolpus Finlay, 1926
  39. Genus Archimedella Dollfus, 1913 accepted as Archimediella Sacco, 1895
  40. Genus Bowlesia Etayo-Serna, 1979 † accepted as Turritellidae Lovén, 1847 (Treated as subgenus)
  41. Genus Colospira Hedley, 1923 accepted as Colpospira Donald, 1900
  42. Genus Colpospirella Powell, 1951 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  43. Genus Ctenocolpus Iredale, 1925 accepted as Colpospira Donald, 1900 (Synonym)
  44. Genus Haustata Coates, 1925 accepted as Haustator Montfort, 1810 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  45. Genus Haustator Montfort, 1810 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  46. Genus Maoricolpus Allan, 1927 accepted as Maoricolpus Finlay, 1926 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  47. Genus Merriamella Etayo-Serna, 1979 accepted as Turritellidae Lovén, 1847 (Treated as subgenus)
  48. Genus Messalia Fischer & Wenz, 1918 accepted as Mesalia Gray, 1847
  49. Genus Omphalia Zekeli, 1852 † accepted as Cassiope Coquand, 1865 †
  50. Genus Platycolpus Donald, 1900 accepted as Colpospira Donald, 1900 (Synonym)
  51. Genus Protama Cossmann, 1922 accepted as Protoma Baird, 1870
  52. Genus Proto Blainville, 1824 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799 (Invalid: junior homonym of Proto Leach, 1814 [Crustacea])
  53. Genus Protomella Thiele, 1929 accepted as Protoma Baird, 1870
  54. Genus Prototoma Crosse, 1872 accepted as Protoma Baird, 1870
  55. Genus Smithia Maltzan, 1883 accepted as Callostracum E. A. Smith, 1909 (invalid: junior homonym of Smithia Edwards & Haime, 1851; Callostracum is a replacement name)
  56. Genus Sohlitella Etayo-Serna, 1979 † accepted as Turritellidae Lovén, 1847 (Treated as subgenus)
  57. Genus Spirocolpus Allan, 1927 † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  58. Genus Steptopoma Paetel, 1875 accepted as Stephopoma Mörch, 1860
  59. Genus Stiracolpus Allan, 1927 accepted as Stiracolpus Finlay, 1926 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  60. Genus Terebellum Gray, 1847 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  61. Genus Torcula Gray, 1847 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  62. Genus Turilla Cotter, 1907 † accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  63. Genus Turitella Zieten, 1832 † accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  64. Genus Turrilla Cotter, 1907 † accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  65. Genus Turritelli Conrad, 1855 † accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  66. Genus Vebmiculus Mörch, 1860 (Misspelling)
  67. Genus Vermiculus Lister, 1688 accepted as Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799 (Pre-Linnean)
  68. Genus Vermiculus Mörch, 1859 accepted as Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799 (non Vermiculus Dalyell, 1853 [Nemertea])
  69. Genus Wyatella † accepted as Wyattella Adegoke, 1967 †
  70. Genus Zaria Gray, 1847 accepted as Turritella Lamarck, 1799
  71. Genus Zeacolpus Allan, 1927 accepted as Zeacolpus Finlay, 1926 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  72. Genus Callostracum E. A. Smith, 1909 (uncertain, unassessed)
  73. Genus Coeloconica Eames, 1957 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  74. Genus Costacolpus Marwick, 1966 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  75. Genus Eligmostoma Cossmann, 1888 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  76. Genus Gazemeda (uncertain, unassessed)
  77. Genus Hataiella Kotaka, 1959 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  78. Genus Heideckernema Cook, 1998 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  79. Genus Idaella Kotaka, 1959 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  80. Genus Sechuritella Olsson, 1944 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  81. Genus Springvaleia Rutsch, 1943 (uncertain, unassessed)
  82. Genus Tachyrynchus Mörch, 1868 (uncertain, unassessed)
  83. Genus Trinema Cook, 1997 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  84. 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 2026-02-13
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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