Marine Species Traits - Turritellidae Lovén, 1847

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Turritellidae Lovén, 1847

AphiaID

127 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Cerithioidea J. Fleming, 1822

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Genus Arcotia Stoliczka, 1868 †
Genus Leptocolpus H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
Subfamily Omalaxinae Cossmann, 1916 †
1. Genus Omalaxis Deshayes, 1832 †
Subfamily Orectospirinae Habe, 1955
1. Genus Orectospira Dall, 1925
Subfamily Pareorinae H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937
1. Genus Batillona H. J. Finlay, 1927 †
2. Genus Craginia Stephenson, 1952 †
3. Genus Eligmostoma Cossmann, 1888 †
4. Genus Mesalia J. E. Gray, 1847
5. Genus Pareora Marwick, 1931 †
6. Genus Sigmesalia H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
Subfamily Protominae Marwick, 1957
1. Genus Allmonia Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 †
2. Genus Protoma Baird, 1870
Genus Trobus Stephenson, 1955 †
Subfamily Turritellinae Lovén, 1847
1. Genus Archimediella Sacco, 1895
2. Genus Armatus A. N. Golikov, 1986
3. Genus Asiella Kryachkova, 1969 †
4. Genus Banzarecolpus A. W. B. Powell, 1957
5. Genus Broderiptella Olsson, 1964
6. Genus Callostracum E. A. Smith, 1909
7. Genus Calvertitella Petuch, 1988 †
8. Genus Caucasella Hacobjan, 1969 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, junior primary homonym of Caucasella Moisseev, 1934 [Brachiopoda]; replacement name currently under investigation)
9. Genus Caviturritella Friend & B. M. Anderson, 2023
10. Genus Colposigma H. J. Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †
11. Genus Colpospira J. Donald, 1900
12. Genus Colpospirella A. W. B. Powell, 1951
13. Genus Cristispira Allison, 1965 †
14. Genus Gazameda Iredale, 1924
15. Genus Hataiella Kotaka, 1959 †
16. Genus Haustator Montfort, 1810
17. Genus Helminthia Handmann, 1882
18. Genus Incatella DeVries, 2007
19. Genus Kapalmerella Allmon, 2005 †
20. Genus Kurosioia Ida, 1952
21. Genus Maoricolpus H. J. Finlay, 1926
22. Genus Mariacolpus Petuch, 1988 †
23. Genus Nairiella Hacobjan, 1969 †
24. Genus Neohaustator Ida, 1952
25. Genus Nodosella Hacobjan, 1969 †
26. Genus Oligodia Handmann, 1882 †
27. Genus Peyrotia Cossmann, 1912 †
28. Genus Ptychidia Handmann, 1882 †
29. Genus Roamerella S. K. Donovan & van den Hoek Ostende, 2013 †
30. Genus Spirocolpus H. J. Finlay, 1926 †
31. Genus Stiracolpus H. J. Finlay, 1926
32. Genus Tachyrhinchella Titova, 1994 †
33. Genus Tachyrhynchus Mörch, 1868
34. Genus Torcula J. E. Gray, 1847
35. Genus Torquesia H. Douvillé, 1929 †
36. Genus Torquesiella Pchelintsev, 1969 †
37. Genus Tropicolpus Marwick, 1931 †
38. Genus Turritella Lamarck, 1799
39. Genus Turritellinella Harzhauser & Landau, 2019
40. Genus Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799
41. Genus Viennella Harzhauser & Landau, 2019 †
42. Genus Zeacolpus H. J. Finlay, 1926
43. Genus Costacolpus Marwick, 1966 † accepted as Turritelloidea Walther, 1951 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, tentative junior subjective synonym)
44. Genus Eichwaldiella Friedberg, 1933 † accepted as Oligodia Handmann, 1882 † (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
45. Genus Roemerella Hacobjan, 1969 † accepted as Roamerella S. K. Donovan & van den Hoek Ostende, 2013 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior primary homonym of Roemerella Hall & Clarke, 1892 [Brachiopoda]; Roamerella S. K. Donovan & L. W. van den Hoek Ostende, 2013 is a replacement name)
46. Genus Terebellum J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Caviturritella Friend & B. M. Anderson, 2023 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Terebellum Bruguière, 1798)
Subfamily Vermiculariinae Dall, 1913 accepted as Turritellinae Lovén, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, fresh

Original description

Lovén, S. (1847). Malacozoologi. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar. Volume 4, pp.175-199, pis. 2-6. (1847)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60263724
page(s): p. 194. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Turritellidae Lovén, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127 on 2026-05-11

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Turritellidae Lovén, 1847. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127 on 2026-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2010-01-11 19:44:12Z

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Vos, Chris

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original description Lovén, S. (1847). Malacozoologi. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens Förhandlingar. Volume 4, pp.175-199, pis. 2-6. (1847)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60263724
page(s): p. 194. [details]

basis of record Allmon, W. D. 2011. Natural history of turritelline gastropods (Cerithiodea: Turritellidae): a status report. Malacologia 54: 159-202., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.054.0107 [details]

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

additional source Marwick J. (1957). Generic revision of the Turritellidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 32(4): 144–166,. [details] Available for editors

additional source Marwick, J. (1957). New Zealand genera of Turritellidae, and the species of Stiracolpus. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin. 27: 1-55. [details]

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turritellidae)
To Genbank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To NHMUK collection (Turritellidae Loven, 1847; NHMUK:ecatalogue:7974653)
To The Arctic Traits Database (3 traits)
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