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Family: Turridae turrids (See list of species below)

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49 species in Pacific, Southeast with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Aforia goniodes []	No picture found Aforia kupriyanovi []	No picture found Agathotoma alcippe []
No picture found Agathotoma camarina []	No picture found Agladrillia badia []	No picture found Agladrillia fuegiensis []
No picture found Belalora cunninghami []	No picture found Buridrillia deroyorum []	No picture found Calliclava jaliscoensis []
Carinodrillia adonis []	No picture found Clathrodrillia berryi []	No picture found Cochlespira cedonulli []
No picture found Compsodrillia excentrica []	No picture found Compsodrillia gracilis []	No picture found Compsodrillia olssoni []
No picture found Compsodrillia undatichorda []	No picture found Cryptogemma benthima []	No picture found Cryptogemma eldorana []
No picture found Cryptogemma polystephanus []	No picture found Daphnella allemani []	No picture found Daphnella bartschi []
No picture found Daphnella gemmulifera []	No picture found Daphnella ichthyandri []	No picture found Daphnella mazatlanica []
No picture found Drillia janseni []	No picture found Drillia suxdorfi []	Fusiturricula andrei []
No picture found Hindsiclava hertleini []	Hormospira maculosa []	No picture found Iredalea subtropicalis []
No picture found Kuroshiodaphne phaeacme []	No picture found Lioglyphostoma ericea []	No picture found Microdaphne morrisoni []
No picture found Microdaphne trichodes []	No picture found Microdrillia zeuxippe []	No picture found Naskia axiplicata []
No picture found Phymorhynchus cingulatus []	No picture found Pyrgocythara nodulosa []	No picture found Teretiopsis nodicarinatus []
No picture found Thesbia michaelseni []	No picture found Typhlodaphne filostriata []	No picture found Typhlodaphne payeni []
Typhlodaphne purissima []	No picture found Typhlodaphne strebeli []	No picture found Veprecula tornipila []
No picture found Xanthodaphne agonia []	No picture found Xanthodaphne argeta []	No picture found Xanthodaphne suffusa []
No picture found Xanthodaphne tropica []

49 Species of Family Turridae
(turrids)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aforia goniodes	Southeast Pacific, Southw	3.83 DL
Aforia kupriyanovi	Southeast Pacific
Agathotoma alcippe	Eastern Pacific.
Agathotoma camarina	Eastern Pacific.
Agladrillia badia	Eastern Pacific.
Agladrillia fuegiensis	Patagonia.	2.03 DL
Belalora cunninghami	Southeast Pacific and Sou	1 DL
Buridrillia deroyorum	Eastern Pacific.
Calliclava jaliscoensis	Eastern Pacific.
Carinodrillia adonis	Eastern Pacific.
Clathrodrillia berryi	Eastern Pacific
Cochlespira cedonulli	Eastern Pacific.
Compsodrillia excentrica	Eastern Pacific.
Compsodrillia gracilis	Eastern Pacific
Compsodrillia olssoni	Southeast Pacific
Compsodrillia undatichorda	Eastern Pacific
Cryptogemma benthima	Eastern Pacific.
Cryptogemma eldorana	Eastern Pacific.
Cryptogemma polystephanus	Eastern Pacific.
Daphnella allemani	Eastern Pacific.
Daphnella bartschi	Eastern Pacific.
Daphnella gemmulifera	Eastern Pacific
Daphnella ichthyandri	Southeast Pacific.
Daphnella mazatlanica	Eastern Pacific.
Drillia janseni	Southeast Pacific
Drillia suxdorfi	Southeast Pacific
Fusiturricula andrei	Eastern Pacific
Hindsiclava hertleini	Eastern Pacific.
Hormospira maculosa	Eastern Pacific
Iredalea subtropicalis	Southern Pacific.
Kuroshiodaphne phaeacme	Southeast Pacific.
Lioglyphostoma ericea	Eastern Pacific.
Microdaphne morrisoni	Pacific Ocean.
Microdaphne trichodes	Indo-Pacific
Microdrillia zeuxippe	Eastern Pacific.
Naskia axiplicata	Southeast Pacific.
Phymorhynchus cingulatus	Eastern Pacific.
Pyrgocythara nodulosa	Southeast Pacific.
Teretiopsis nodicarinatus	Southeast Pacific.
Thesbia michaelseni	Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.02 DL
Typhlodaphne filostriata	Southeast Pacific
Typhlodaphne payeni	Southeast Pacific	1 DL
Typhlodaphne purissima	Southeast Pacific, Southw	2.8 DL
Typhlodaphne strebeli	Southeast Pacific, Southw	2.45 DL
Veprecula tornipila	Eastern Pacific and South	0.5 DL
Xanthodaphne agonia	Eastern Pacific.
Xanthodaphne argeta	Eastern Pacific.
Xanthodaphne suffusa	Eastern Pacific.
Xanthodaphne tropica	Southeast Pacific.

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