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Turris

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Turris was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 794]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Mansfield (1925); to Pleurotomidae by Nagao (1928) and Abbass (1967); to Turrinae by Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turridae by Nagao (1928), Oostingh (1935), Mukerjee (1939), Durham (1944), Harris and Palmer (1947), Kensley (1972), Marasti (1973), Ladd (1982) and Bouchet et al. (2011).

Species
Pleurotoma (Pleurotoma), Pleurotoma (Tripia), Pleurotoma abundans, Pleurotoma albinoides, Pleurotoma angermanni, Pleurotoma bavarica, Pleurotoma butonensis, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma catenata, Pleurotoma chehalisensis, Pleurotoma clavicularis, Pleurotoma cochlearis, Pleurotoma congesta, Pleurotoma coronifer, Pleurotoma cristata, Pleurotoma curtistoma, Pleurotoma curvicosta, Pleurotoma dalli, Pleurotoma decliva, Pleurotoma decussata, Pleurotoma dentata, Pleurotoma denticulata, Pleurotoma domenginei, Pleurotoma eborides, Pleurotoma faxensis, Pleurotoma filosa, Pleurotoma fresnoensis (syn. Surcula lindavistaensis), Pleurotoma furcata, Pleurotoma gemmata, Pleurotoma glabrata, Pleurotoma gracilicostata, Pleurotoma guibersoni, Pleurotoma guppyana, Pleurotoma harpula, Pleurotoma harrisi, Pleurotoma haydeni, Pleurotoma heptagona, Pleurotoma herklotsi, Pleurotoma hilgardi, Pleurotoma ickei, Pleurotoma inaudita, Pleurotoma inflexa, Pleurotoma intorta, Pleurotoma ktolemandoensis, Pleurotoma lineolata, Pleurotoma marginata, Pleurotoma mississippiensis, Pleurotoma monterosatoi, Pleurotoma morreni, Pleurotoma multinoda, Pleurotoma newsomi, Pleurotoma nodulosa, Pleurotoma ocoyana, Pleurotoma pannus, Pleurotoma porcelana, Pleurotoma porrecta, Pleurotoma rotaedens, Pleurotoma sanctaecrucis, Pleurotoma scaliae, Pleurotoma schaeferi, Pleurotoma senilis, Pleurotoma speciosa, Pleurotoma striarella, Pleurotoma sulcata, Pleurotoma togoensis, Pleurotoma transmontana, Pleurotoma transversaria, Pleurotoma turrella, Pleurotoma turricula, Pleurotoma turris, Pleurotoma undata, Pleurotoma veracruzana, Pleurotoma zapoteca, T. (Pleurotoma) nomlandi, T. (Pleurotoma) perissolaxoides, T. (Pleurotoma) thurstonensis, T. (Turris), T. adendanii, T. ahmedi, T. altuscollus, T. andersoni, T. baudoni, T. burroensis, T. carlsoni, T. clallamensis, T. cleopatrae, T. elsmerensis, T. fernandoensis, T. garoensis, T. gilchristi, T. higoensis, T. hornesi, T. inconstans, T. kaffraria, T. kirkensis, T. lincolnensis, T. lincolnensis, T. louderbacki, T. monolifera, T. multigyrata, T. plicata, T. pulchra, T. suturalis, T. worcesteri

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Turris Röding
1800Pleurotoma Lamarck
1814Murex (Pleurotoma) Brocchi p. 427
1904Pleurotoma Martin p. 146
1918Turris (Pleurotoma) Clark p. 189
1921Pleurotoma Vredenburg p. 96
1925Turris Mansfield p. 14
1928Turris Nagao p. 121
1928Pleurotoma Woodring
1935Turris Oostingh p. 110
1939Turris Mukerjee p. 75
1944Turris Durham p. 179
1947Turris Harris and Palmer p. 415
1967Turris Abbass p. 121
1972Turris Kensley p. 181
1973Turris Marasti p. 96
1982Turris Ladd p. 63
1994Turris Wilson p. 194
2002Turris Sepkoski
2011Turris Bouchet et al. p. 297

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusTurrisRöding 1798

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Turris Röding 1798
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Subg. Turris (Turris) Röding 1798
Turris adendanii Abbass 1967
Turris ahmedi Abbass 1967
Turris altuscollus Clark 1918
Turris andersoni Dickerson 1913
Turris baudoni Deshayes 1866
Turris burroensis Nelson 1925
Turris carlsoni Anderson and Martin 1914
Turris clallamensis Weaver 1916
Turris cleopatrae Abbass 1967
Turris elsmerensis English 1914
Turris fernandoensis English 1914
Turris garoensis Mukerjee 1939
Turris gilchristi Dey 1961
Turris higoensis Nagao 1928
Turris hornesi Deshayes 1866
Turris inconstans Cooper 1894
Turris kaffraria Woods 1906
Turris kirkensis Clark 1915
Turris lincolnensis Anderson and Martin 1914
Turris lincolnensis Winkle 1918
Turris louderbacki Dickerson 1914
Turris monolifera Cooper 1894
Turris multigyrata Cossmann 1906
Turris plicata Waring 1917
Turris pulchra Dickerson 1915
Turris suturalis Cooper 1894
Turris worcesteri Winkle 1918
Invalid names: Pleurotoma Lamarck 1800 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available