Turridae 捲管螺科：Shell medium to minute in size, usually elongated fusiform in shape, mostly thick, but thin for deepsea species, mostly ornamented by axial and/ or spiral sculptures. Aperture fusiform. Anterior canal usually long and posterior (anal) notch present. Many lack operculum. If present, operculum corneous, elongated with downward by situated nucleus. Radula toxoglossate. Carnivorous. Living in intertidal down to hadal zone. This family is most diverse among prosobranch gastropods. |
Senitfic Name |
Chinese Name |
omenclator |
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| Veprecula reticulosa |
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(Smith, 1882) |
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| Veprecula sculpta |
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(Hinds, 1847) |
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| Veprecula sykesii |
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(Melvill et Standen, 1903) |
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| Veprecula vacillata |
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Hedley, 1922 |
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| Vexitomina chinensis |
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Ma |
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| Xenuroturris cingulifera |
項鍊捲管螺 |
(Lamarck, 1822) |
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