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Taxon: Family Turridae Adams & Adams, 1853 (1838) - turret snails (mollusc)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838)

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Turrinae (Subfamily) Adams & Adams, 1853 (1838)
Type: Turris (Genus) Röding, 1798 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 179.

Synonyms

Including: Clavidae (Family) Casey, 1904, nom. illeg. Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Including: Cochlespiridae (Family) Powell, 1942 Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Including: Cytharidae (Family) Thiele, 1929
Including: Raphitomidae (Family) Bellardi, 1875 Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Including: †Speightiidae (Family) Powell, 1942 Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.
Including: Thatcheriidae (Family) Powell, 1942 Ref: S.P. Parker (ed.), 1982: 1093.

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: turret snails
: tower shells
: turrids Ref: R.T. Abbott, 1990
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