Turrilatirus

Turrilatirus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Turrilatirus
Turrilatirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:	Peristerniinae
Genus:	Turrilatirus Vermeij & M.A. Snyder, 2006
Type species
Voluta turrita Gmelin, 1791

Species

Species within the genus Turrilatirus include:

• Turrilatirus craticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
• Turrilatirus iris (Lightfoot, 1786)[3]
• Turrilatirus melvilli (Schepman, 1911)[4]
• Turrilatirus nagasakiensis (E.A. Smith, 1880)[5]
• Turrilatirus sanguifluus (Reeve, 1847)[6]
• Turrilatirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791)[7]

References

1. Turrilatirus Vermeij & M.A. Snyder, 2006. WoRMS (2010). Turrilatirus Vermeij & M.A. Snyder, 2006. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489061 on 1 September 2010 .
2. Turrilatirus craticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
3. Turrilatirus iris (Lightfoot, 1786). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
4. Turrilatirus melvilli (Schepman, 1911). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
5. Turrilatirus nagasakiensis (E.A. Smith, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
6. Turrilatirus sanguifluus (Reeve, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.
7. Turrilatirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 September 2010.