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Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815

503  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:503)

accepted
Family
Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (type by original designation)

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  1. Genus Kaurnella Ludbrook, 1941
  2. Subfamily Prisogasterinae Hickman & J. H. McLean, 1990
    1. Genus Prisogaster Mörch, 1850
    2. Genus Amyxa Troschel, 1852 accepted as Prisogaster Mörch, 1850 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  3. Genus Tropidomarga A. W. B. Powell, 1951
  4. Subfamily Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815
    1. Genus Anadema H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
    2. Genus Astraea Röding, 1798
    3. Genus Astralium Link, 1807
    4. Genus Bellastraea Iredale, 1924
    5. Genus Bolma Risso, 1826
    6. Genus Cookia R. P. Lesson, 1832
    7. Genus Guildfordia J. E. Gray, 1850
    8. Genus Lithopoma J. E. Gray, 1850
    9. Genus Lunella Röding, 1798
    10. Genus Megastraea J. H. McLean, 1970
    11. Genus Modelia J. E. Gray, 1850
    12. Genus Pomaulax J. E. Gray, 1850
    13. Genus Turbo Linnaeus, 1758
    14. Genus Uvanilla J. E. Gray, 1850
    15. Genus Astrea [sic] accepted as Astraea Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    16. Genus Batillus Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Turbo (Batillus) Schumacher, 1817 represented as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    17. Genus Calcar Montfort, 1810 accepted as Astralium Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    18. Genus Callopoma J. E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Turbo (Callopoma) J. E. Gray, 1850 represented as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    19. Genus Canthorbis Swainson, 1840 accepted as Astraea Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
    20. Genus Carswellena Iredale, 1931 accepted as Turbo (Carswellena) Iredale, 1931 represented as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    21. Genus Cochlea Garsault, 1764 accepted as Bolma Risso, 1826 (meets the conditions for being declared "nomen oblitum")
    22. Genus Cyclocantha Swainson, 1840 accepted as Astralium Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    23. Genus Distellifer Iredale, 1937 accepted as Astralium Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    24. Genus Euninella Cotton, 1939 accepted as Turbo (Carswellena) Iredale, 1931 represented as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    25. Genus Foliastralium T. Habe & Okutani, 1980 accepted as Astralium Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    26. Genus Fornax Jousseaume, 1888 accepted as Turbo (Aspilaturbo) S. T. Williams, 2008 represented as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (invalid: junior homonym of Fornax Laporte, 1835 [Coleoptera])
    27. Genus Galeoastraea Kuroda & Habe, 1958 accepted as Bolma Risso, 1826 (Not available: no type species designated)
    28. Genus Harisazaea Habe, 1958 accepted as Bolma Risso, 1826 (Not available: no type species designated)
    29. Genus Imperator Montfort, 1810 accepted as Astraea Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
    30. Genus Incilaster H. J. Finlay, 1926 accepted as Bolma Risso, 1826 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    31. Genus Lunatica Röding, 1798 accepted as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    32. Genus Marmarostoma Swainson, 1829 accepted as Turbo (Marmarostoma) Swainson, 1829 represented as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    33. Genus Marmorostoma Swainson, 1829 accepted as Marmarostoma Swainson, 1829 accepted as Turbo (Marmarostoma) Swainson, 1829 represented as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    34. Genus Micrastraea Cotton, 1939 accepted as Bellastraea Iredale, 1924 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    35. Genus Ninella J. E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Lunella Röding, 1798 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    36. Genus Ocana H. Adams, 1861 accepted as Turbo (Sarmaticus) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    37. Genus Okinawastraea T. Habe & Okutani, 1981 accepted as Astralium Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    38. Genus Olearia Herrmannsen, 1847 accepted as Lunatica Röding, 1798 accepted as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
    39. Genus Ormastralium Sacco, 1896 accepted as Bolma Risso, 1826 (junior subjective synonym)
    40. Genus Pachypoma J. E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Lithopoma J. E. Gray, 1850 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    41. Genus Pagocalcar Iredale, 1937 accepted as Astralium Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    42. Genus Petholatus Jousseaume, 1886 accepted as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
    43. Genus Rugastella Iredale, 1937 accepted as Astralium Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    44. Genus Senectus Swainson, 1840 accepted as Turbo (Senectus) Swainson, 1840 represented as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    45. Genus Senobolma Okutani, 1964 accepted as Bolma Risso, 1826 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    46. Genus Stella P. Fischer, 1885 accepted as Astralium Link, 1807 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    47. Genus Subninella Thiele, 1929 accepted as Lunella (Subninella) Thiele, 1929 represented as Lunella Röding, 1798
    48. Genus Varostium Iredale, 1938 accepted as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Subfamily Astraeinae Davies, 1935 accepted as Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Subfamily Astraliinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Genus Pseudastralium Schepman, 1908 accepted as Bolma Risso, 1826 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Genus Sarmaticus J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Turbo (Sarmaticus) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Turbo Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  9. Subfamily Skeneinae W. Clark, 1851 accepted as Skeneidae W. Clark, 1851
  10. Subfamily Tegulinae Kuroda, T. Habe & Oyama, 1971 accepted as Tegulidae Kuroda, T. Habe & Oyama, 1971 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=503 on 2026-02-18
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Nomenclature

original description (of Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 144 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Williams S.T., Karube S. & Ozawa T. (2008) Molecular systematics of Vetigastropoda: Trochidae, Turbinidae and Trochoidea redefined. <i>Zoologica Scripta</i> 37: 483–506., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00341.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Classification Withdrawn superfamily rank contra Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), placed as family of the Trochoidea following Williams et al. (2008); the character of calcareous operculum is given less and less importance, which makes sense, cf. the Naticidae).  [details]
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LanguageName 
English turbansturban snails  [details]
German Turbanschnecken  [details]
Japanese サザエ/リュウテン科  [details]