Tiariturris is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1] This species was discovered in the gulf of Panama in 1958 by Berry.
| Tiariturris | |
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| Shell of Tiariturris spectabilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Pseudomelatomidae |
| Genus: | Tiariturris Berry, 1958 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotoma olivacea Sowerby I, 1834 a | |
| Species | |
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Species
editSpecies within the genus Tiariturris include:
- Tiariturris libya (Dall, 1919)
- † Tiariturris oschneri (Anderson & Martin, 1914)
- Tiariturris spectabilis Berry, 1958
References
edit- ↑ Tiariturris libya (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Berry, S.S. (1958) Notices of new Eastern Pacific Mollusca.-II. Leaflets in Malacology, 1, 83–90.
- Nomenclator Zoologicus info
External links
edit- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- 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
- Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Pseudomelatomidae
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