Awheaturris

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Awheaturris
Awheaturris lozoueti 001.jpg
Shell of Awheaturris lozoueti (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Awheaturris
Beu, 1970
Type species
Awheaturris echinata Beu, 1970
Species

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Awheaturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Description[]

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[]

Species within the genus Awheaturris include:

References[]

  1. ^ 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[]

  • 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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