Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Alternative spelling: Turritidae
Parent taxon: Conoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011
See also Addicott 1970, Adegoke 1977, Beesley 1998, Bouchet et al. 2005, Clark and Arnold 1923, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser 2007, Harzhauser and Mandic 2001, Hickman 1976, Hickman 1980, Olsson 1931, Ponder and Warén 1988, Rivera 1957, Sohl 1964, Squires 1984, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Squires 1999, Stephenson 1941, Stilwell et al. 2004, Sysoev 1996, Todd 2001, Turner 1938, Ward and Blackwelder 1987, Wienrich and Janssen 2007 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Adelocythara Amekicythara Amuletum Andicula Awateria Beretra Borsoniinae Cochlespirella Cochlespiropsis Cryptoconinae Cryptogemma Daphinellinae Decollidrillia Drilliinae Drillinae Eodrilla Eopleurotoma Eosurcula Epalxis Epidirella Eucheilodon Fusimilis Gemmula Genotia Glabrocythara Hemisurcula Hesperiturris Iotyrris Kuroshioturris Lepicythara Lophiotoma Lucerapex Lurifax Lutema Lyrosurcula Melatoma Michela Muteluma Nasavusavuia Optoturris Pachycythara Parasyngenochilus Pleurofusia Polystira Procerapex Protosurcula Pseudoraphitoma Ptychosyrinx Remnita Scalaturris Scobinella Sedilia Sinistrella Sullivania Surculites Surculoma Trachelochetus Trypanotoma Trypanotopsis Turridrupa Turrinae Turrinosyrinx Turris Unedogemmula Vaughanites Xenuroturris
Type: Turris
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (5 collections), Djibouti (3), Ecuador (1), Egypt (1), Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (7), Kenya (1), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (2), Sudan (1), Taiwan (12), the United Kingdom (2), United States (25: California, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina), Vanuatu (1), Yemen (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1), Italy (1), Malaysia (3), South Africa (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Algeria (1), Belgium (3), Chile (10), Colombia (6), Costa Rica (14), the Dominican Republic (11), Ecuador (8), Fiji (6), Greece (2), Haiti (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), India (1), Indonesia (7), Italy (22), Jamaica (6), Japan (12), Mexico (2), Pakistan (3), Panama (22), Papua New Guinea (1), the Philippines (5), Portugal (1), South Africa (5), Trinidad and Tobago (4), the United Kingdom (9), United States (11: California, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Virginia), Vanuatu (2), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (11), Japan (3), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (7), Australia (2), Austria (5), Belgium (5), Brazil (10), Chile (5), Colombia (35), Costa Rica (2), Czechia (1), Denmark (2), the Dominican Republic (10), Ecuador (6), France (1), Germany (52), Greece (2), Grenada (9), India (8), Indonesia (22), Italy (9), Japan (12), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (6), Myanmar (7), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (12), Pakistan (7), Panama (105), Papua New Guinea (2), Peru (1), the Philippines (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Somalia (4), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (7), United States (37: Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Oregon), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (7)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1), Haiti (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Denmark (5), France (7), Germany (1), Haiti (1), Hungary (4), Japan (1), Mexico (3), Myanmar (6), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (8), Pakistan (1), Panama (6), Peru (2), Türkiye (1), United States (85: California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Angola (3), Antarctica (5), Australia (1), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (2), Egypt (3), France (12), Indonesia (4), Italy (1), Japan (3), Mexico (3), Myanmar (2), New Zealand (12), Nigeria (6), Pakistan (4), Panama (1), Peru (5), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (24), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (31), United States (389: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washigton, Washington), Venezuela (3)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (2: California, Texas)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Argentina (6), Australia (2), Austria (2), Colombia (2), Denmark (5), Germany (2), Greenland (3), Mexico (2), New Zealand (4), Nigeria (1), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (109: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Australia (1), Cameroon (3), Gabon (1), Germany (1), Japan (1), New Zealand (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), United States (96: Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas)
• Jurassic of Chile (1)
Total: 1589 collections including 3789 occurrences