Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Family: Turridae turrids (See list of species below)

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135 species in Indian Ocean, Western with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Antiguraleus galatea []	No picture found Austrodaphnella yemenensis []	No picture found Benthoclionella jenneri []
No picture found Buchema dichroma []	No picture found Carinapex amirowlandae []	No picture found Carinodrillia oliveri []
No picture found Ceritoturris nataliae []	No picture found Citharomangelia denticulata []	No picture found Citharomangelia townsendi []
No picture found Clathrodrillia flavidula []	No picture found Clavatula halistrepta []	Clionella rosaria []
No picture found Cochlespira travancorica []	No picture found Cochlespira zanzibarica []	No picture found Comitas bolognai []
No picture found Comitas curviplicata []	No picture found Comitas elegans []	No picture found Comitas laura []
No picture found Comitas raybaudii []	No picture found Comitas subsuturalis []	No picture found Comitas vezo []
No picture found Crassispira discoloris []	No picture found Crassispira lirae []	No picture found Crassispira pulchrepunctata []
No picture found Crassispira sinensis []	No picture found Crassispira tasconium []	No picture found Crassispira tuckeri []
No picture found Daphnella dea []	No picture found Daphnella elata []	No picture found Daphnella epicharta []
No picture found Daphnella evergestis []	No picture found Daphnella hedya []	No picture found Daphnella jucunda []
No picture found Daphnella omaleyi []	No picture found Daphnella terryni []	No picture found Daphnella veneris []
No picture found Etremopsis albata []	No picture found Eucithara abakcheutos []	No picture found Eucithara amabilis []
No picture found Eucithara articulata []	No picture found Eucithara bisacchii []	No picture found Eucithara edithae []
No picture found Eucithara ella []	No picture found Eucithara macteola []	No picture found Eucithara striatella []
No picture found Eucithara ubuhle []	No picture found Funa fraterculus []	Funa tayloriana []
No picture found Funa trigoi []	No picture found Gemmula ducalis []	Gemmula gilchristi []
No picture found Gemmula hastula []	No picture found Gemmula lobata []	No picture found Gemmula murrayi []
No picture found Gemmula rotatilis []	No picture found Gemmula webberae []	No picture found Gingicithara maraisi []
No picture found Gingicithara suarezi []	No picture found Haedropleura summa []	No picture found Inkinga cockae []
No picture found Isodaphne albolineata []	No picture found Leiocithara apollinea []	No picture found Leiocithara costellarioides []
No picture found Leiocithara musae []	No picture found Leiocithara perlucidula []	No picture found Leiocithara translucens []
Lophiotoma indica [Indian turrid]	No picture found Lophiotoma ruthveniana []	No picture found Lucerapex adenica []
No picture found Lucerapex carola []	No picture found Lucerapex denticulata []	No picture found Lucerapex indagatoris []
No picture found Maoritomella leptopleura []	No picture found Mauidrillia felina []	No picture found Microdaphne trichodes []
No picture found Microdrillia dinos []	No picture found Microdrillia optima []	No picture found Microdrillia patricia []
No picture found Microdrillia sansibarica []	No picture found Naudedrillia nealyoungi []	No picture found Naudedrillia perardua []
No picture found Nihonia circumstricta []	No picture found Nquma scalpta []	No picture found Orrmaesia longiqua []
No picture found Orrmaesia microperforata []	No picture found Pagodidaphne schepmani []	No picture found Papillocithara semiplicata []
No picture found Paradrillia alluaudi []	No picture found Paradrillia lithoria []	No picture found Pleurotomoides petiti []
No picture found Pseudexomilus fenestratus []	No picture found Pseudexomilus fuscoapicatus []	No picture found Pseudexomilus fuscobandatus []
No picture found Pseudexomilus protemporalis []	No picture found Pseudoraphitoma alma []	No picture found Pseudoraphitoma ditylota []
No picture found Pseudoraphitoma drivasi []	No picture found Pseudoraphitoma epistomifer []	No picture found Pseudoraphitoma ethekwini []
No picture found Pseudoraphitoma iodolabiata []	No picture found Pseudoraphitoma kilburni []	No picture found Pseudoraphitoma phaea []
No picture found Pseudoraphitoma sienna []	No picture found Pseudoraphitoma stipendiarii []	No picture found Pseudoraphitoma thielei []
No picture found Pseudoraphitoma venusta []	No picture found Ptychobela baynhami []	No picture found Ptychobela opisthochetos []
No picture found Spirotropis eurytima []	No picture found Striatoguraleus afonsoi []	No picture found Taranidaphne amphitrites []
No picture found Taranidaphne dufresnei []	No picture found Taranidaphne nereidum []	No picture found Thatcheriasyrinx orientis []
No picture found Thelecytharella metuloides []	No picture found Thelecytharella oneili []	No picture found Tomopleura oscitans []
No picture found Tomopleura regina []	No picture found Tomopleura vertebrata []	No picture found Toxiclionella elstoni []
No picture found Toxiclionella haliplex []	No picture found Toxiclionella tumida []	Tritonoturris amabilis []
No picture found Tritonoturris macandrewi []	No picture found Tritonoturris obesa []	No picture found Tropidoturris fossata []
No picture found Tropidoturris planilirata []	Turricula javana [Javanese turrid]	Turricula nelliae []
Turridrupa bijubata [Crested turris]	No picture found Turris tanyspira []	No picture found Veprecula sykesii []
No picture found Veprecula vepratica []	No picture found Xanthodaphne maldivica []	No picture found Xenuroturris emmae []

135 Species of Family Turridae
(turrids)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Antiguraleus galatea		Western Indian Ocean
Austrodaphnella yemenensis		Western Indian Ocean
Benthoclionella jenneri		Western Indian Ocean
Buchema dichroma		Western Indian Ocean
Carinapex amirowlandae		Western Indian Ocean	0.372 SHH
Carinodrillia oliveri		Western Indian Ocean	0.81 SHH
Ceritoturris nataliae		Western Indian Ocean
Citharomangelia denticulata		Western Indian Ocean
Citharomangelia townsendi		Western Indian Ocean	1.02 SHH
Clathrodrillia flavidula		Indo-Pacific.
Clavatula halistrepta		Western Indian Ocean
Clionella rosaria		Western Indian Ocean
Cochlespira travancorica		Western Indian Ocean
Cochlespira zanzibarica		Western Indian Ocean
Comitas bolognai		Western Indian Ocean
Comitas curviplicata		Western Indian Ocean
Comitas elegans		Western Indian Ocean
Comitas laura		Western Indian Ocean
Comitas raybaudii		Western Indian Ocean
Comitas subsuturalis		Western Indian Ocean
Comitas vezo		Western Indian Ocean
Crassispira discoloris		Western Indian Ocean	0.986 SHH
Crassispira lirae		Western Indian Ocean	0.98 SHH
Crassispira pulchrepunctata		Western Indian Ocean	1.224 SHH
Crassispira sinensis		Indo-Pacific.
Crassispira tasconium		Western Indian Ocean
Crassispira tuckeri		Western Indian Ocean
Daphnella dea		Western Indian Ocean
Daphnella elata		Western Indian Ocean and
Daphnella epicharta		Western Indian Ocean
Daphnella evergestis		Western Indian Ocean
Daphnella hedya		Western Indian Ocean
Daphnella jucunda		Western Indian Ocean
Daphnella omaleyi		Western Indian Ocean
Daphnella terryni		Western Indian Ocean
Daphnella veneris		Western Indian Ocean
Etremopsis albata		Western Indian Ocean
Eucithara abakcheutos		Western Indian Ocean
Eucithara amabilis		Western Indian Ocean
Eucithara articulata		Western Indian Ocean
Eucithara bisacchii		Western Indian Ocean
Eucithara edithae		Western Indian Ocean
Eucithara ella		Western Indian Ocean
Eucithara macteola		Western Indian Ocean
Eucithara striatella		Western Indian Ocean
Eucithara ubuhle		Western Indian Ocean
Funa fraterculus		Western Indian Ocean
Funa tayloriana		Indo-Pacific.	2.671 SHH
Funa trigoi		Western Indian Ocean	0.763 SHH
Gemmula ducalis		Western Indian Ocean
Gemmula gilchristi		Western Indian Ocean
Gemmula hastula		Indo-Pacific
Gemmula lobata		Southeast Atlantic and We
Gemmula murrayi		Western Indian Ocean
Gemmula rotatilis		Western Indian Ocean
Gemmula webberae		Western Indian Ocean
Gingicithara maraisi		Western Indian Ocean
Gingicithara suarezi		Western Indian Ocean	0.51 SHH
Haedropleura summa		Western Indian Ocean
Inkinga cockae		Western Indian Ocean
Isodaphne albolineata		Western Indian Ocean
Leiocithara apollinea		Indo-West Pacific.
Leiocithara costellarioides		Western Indian Ocean
Leiocithara musae		Western Indian Ocean
Leiocithara perlucidula		Western Indian Ocean
Leiocithara translucens		Western Indian Ocean
Lophiotoma indica	Indian turrid	Indo-West Pacific	9.5 SHL
Lophiotoma ruthveniana		Western Indian Ocean
Lucerapex adenica		Western Indian Ocean
Lucerapex carola		Western Indian Ocean
Lucerapex denticulata		Western Indian Ocean
Lucerapex indagatoris		Western Indian Ocean
Maoritomella leptopleura		Western Indian Ocean
Mauidrillia felina		Western Indian Ocean
Microdaphne trichodes		Indo-Pacific
Microdrillia dinos		Western Indian Ocean
Microdrillia optima		Western Indian Ocean
Microdrillia patricia		Western Indian Ocean
Microdrillia sansibarica		Western Indian Ocean
Naudedrillia nealyoungi		Western Indian Ocean
Naudedrillia perardua		Western Indian Ocean
Nihonia circumstricta		Western Indian Ocean
Nquma scalpta		Western Indian Ocean
Orrmaesia longiqua		Western Indian Ocean	0.346 SHH
Orrmaesia microperforata		Western Indian Ocean	0.61 SHH
Pagodidaphne schepmani		Western Indian Ocean
Papillocithara semiplicata		Western Indian Ocean
Paradrillia alluaudi		Western Indian Ocean
Paradrillia lithoria		Western Indian Ocean
Pleurotomoides petiti		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudexomilus fenestratus		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudexomilus fuscoapicatus		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudexomilus fuscobandatus		Western Indian Ocean	0.843 SHH
Pseudexomilus protemporalis		Western Indian Ocean	0.402 SHH
Pseudoraphitoma alma		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoraphitoma ditylota		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoraphitoma drivasi		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoraphitoma epistomifer		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoraphitoma ethekwini		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoraphitoma iodolabiata		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoraphitoma kilburni		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoraphitoma phaea		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoraphitoma sienna		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoraphitoma stipendiarii		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoraphitoma thielei		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudoraphitoma venusta		Western Indian Ocean
Ptychobela baynhami		Western Indian Ocean
Ptychobela opisthochetos		Western Indian Ocean
Spirotropis eurytima		Western Indian Ocean
Striatoguraleus afonsoi		Western Indian Ocean	0.442 SHH
Taranidaphne amphitrites		Western Indian Ocean
Taranidaphne dufresnei		Western Indian Ocean
Taranidaphne nereidum		Western Indian Ocean
Thatcheriasyrinx orientis		Western Indian Ocean
Thelecytharella metuloides		Western Indian Ocean
Thelecytharella oneili		Western Indian Ocean
Tomopleura oscitans		Western Indian Ocean
Tomopleura regina		Western Indian Ocean
Tomopleura vertebrata		Indo-Pacific.
Toxiclionella elstoni		Western Indian Ocean
Toxiclionella haliplex		Western Indian Ocean
Toxiclionella tumida		Western Indian Ocean
Tritonoturris amabilis		Indo-Pacific.
Tritonoturris macandrewi		Western Central Pacific a
Tritonoturris obesa		Western Indian Ocean
Tropidoturris fossata		Western Indian Ocean
Tropidoturris planilirata		Western Indian Ocean
Turricula javana	Javanese turrid	Indo-Pacific	7.5 ShH
Turricula nelliae		Indo-Pacific
Turridrupa bijubata	Crested turris	Indo-Pacific
Turris tanyspira		Western Indian Ocean
Veprecula sykesii		Western Indian Ocean
Veprecula vepratica		Indo-West Pacific
Xanthodaphne maldivica		Western Indian Ocean
Xenuroturris emmae		Western Indian Ocean

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