Awheaturris
| Awheaturris | |
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| Shell of Awheaturris lozoueti (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Awheaturris Beu, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| † Awheaturris echinata Beu, 1970 | |
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Awheaturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
[edit]These species were only known from fossils in Miocene strata in the Indo-Pacific area, until Morassi & Bonfitto found a Recent species off the Philippines.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Awheaturris include:
- † Awheaturris echinata Beu, 1970
- † Awheaturris experta (Laws, 1947)
- Awheaturris lozoueti Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013
- † Awheaturris pahaoensis Vella, 1954
- † Awheaturris quisquilia (Philippi, 1887)
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2019). Awheaturris Beu, 1970 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=722469 on 2019-02-16
External links
[edit]- 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: Raphitomidae
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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