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Turbinidae, common name the turban snails, are a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
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Taxonomy
Previously these snails were classified in the subclass Prosobranchia, in the order Archaeogastropoda in the superfamily Trochacea. Trochaecea is now a synonym for the superfamily Trochoidea.
Description
In life, all the snails in this family have a strong, thick calcareous operculum, or "door" to their shell. This readily distinguishes them from the Trochidae or top snails, which have a corneous operculum, but which are otherwise somewhat similar.
The common name "turban snail" is a reference to the wrapped cloth headgear known as a turban. This is potentially a little misleading, as the Latin name Turbinidae does not mean turban shells, but instead is based on the genus name Turbo, which is the Latin word for a spinning top, a child's toy. For a similar derivation see the word turbine.
Genera
Genera in the Turbinidae family include12:
- Genus Angaria Röding, 1798
- Angaria delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Genus Arene H. Adams and A. Adams, 1854
- Arene adusta J. H. McLean, 1970
- Arene bairdii (Dall, 1889)
- Arene balboai (Strong and Hertlein, 1939)
- Arene brasiliana (Dall, 1927)
- Arene briareus (Dall, 1881)
- Arene californica (Dall, 1908)
- Arene carinata Carpenter, 1857
- Arene coronadensis (Stohler, 1959)
- Arene cruentata (Megerle von Muhlfeld, 1829)
- Arene diegensis J. H. McLean, 1964
- Arene farallonensis (A. G. Smith, 1952)
- Arene ferruginosa J. H. McLean, 1970
- Arene fricki Crosse, 1865
- Arene lepidotera (J. H. Mclean, 1970)
- Arene lucasensis Strong, 1933
- Arene miniata (Dall, 1889)
- Arene riisei Rehder, 1943
- Arene stellata J. H. McLean, 1970
- Arene tricarinata (Stearns, 1872)
- Arene variabilis (Dall, 1889)
- Arene venusta (Woodring, 1928)
- Arene venustula Aguayo and Rehder, 1936
- Genus Astraea Röding, 1798
- Astraea heliotropium (Martyn, 1784)
- Astraea rugosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Genus Bolma Sacco, 1896
- Bolma recens Dell, 1967
- Bolma kermadecensis Beau & Ponder, 1979
- Genus Cantrainea Jeffreys, 1883
- Cantrainea inexpectata (Marshall, 1979)
- Genus Cookia Lesson, 1832
- Cookia sulcata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Genus Homalopoma Iredale, 1915
- Genus Leptothyra Pease, 1869
- Leptothyra benthicola (Marshall, 1979)
- Leptothyra kermadecensis (Marshall, 1979)
- Genus Modelia Gray, 1850
- Modelia granosa (Martyn, 1784)
- Genus Turbo Linnaeus, 1758
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