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Family: Turridae turrids (See list of species below)

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80 species in Atlantic, Southwest with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Acmaturris brisis []	No picture found Aforia goniodes []	No picture found Agathotoma candidissima [White-frosted mangelia]
No picture found Agathotoma subtilis []	No picture found Agladrillia fuegiensis []	No picture found Belalora cunninghami []
No picture found Belalora thielei []	No picture found Borsonella silicea []	No picture found Borsonia brasiliana []
Brachytoma rioensis []	No picture found Buchema interpleura []	No picture found Buchema liella []
Carinodrillia braziliensis []	No picture found Clathrodrillia albicoma []	Clathrodrillia dautzenbergi []
No picture found Clathrodrillia paria []	Cochlespira elongata []	Compsodrillia acestra []
No picture found Compsodrillia haliostrephis []	No picture found Compsodrillia tristicha []	No picture found Corinnaeturris leucomata []
Crassispira apicata []	Crassispira cubana []	Crassispira fuscescens [Ebony turrid]
No picture found Crassispira latizonata []	Crassispira nigrescens [Black turrid]	No picture found Crassispira tampaensis []
No picture found Cryoturris dianema []	No picture found Daphnella corbicula []	Daphnella lymneiformis [Volute daphnelle]
No picture found Daphnella margaretae [Margareth's Daphnella]	No picture found Daphnella retifera []	No picture found Diptychophlia hubrechti []
No picture found Drillia marmarina []	No picture found Eucyclotoma cingulata []	No picture found Eucyclotoma stegeri []
No picture found Eulimastoma canaliculatum []	Fenimorea fucata []	No picture found Fenimorea halidorema []
No picture found Fenimorea pagodula []	No picture found Fusiturricula jaquensis []	Fusiturricula maesae []
No picture found Fusiturricula taurina []	No picture found Gemmula mystica []	No picture found Granoturris padolina []
No picture found Granoturris rhysa []	No picture found Hindsiclava appelii []	No picture found Kurtzia lophoessa []
No picture found Lioglyphostoma adematum []	Lioglyphostoma antillarum []	Lioglyphostoma hendersoni []
No picture found Lioglyphostoma jousseaumei []	No picture found Microdrillia crispata []	No picture found Miraclathurella herminea []
No picture found Philbertia cala []	No picture found Philbertia perparva []	Pilsbryspira leucocyma [White-knob drillia]
Polystira albida [White giant-turris]	No picture found Polystira coltrorum []	Polystira florencae []
No picture found Polystira formosissima []	Pyrgocythara albovittata []	Pyrgospira ostrearum [Oyster turrid]
No picture found Sediliopsis riosi []	No picture found Spirotropis lithocolleta []	No picture found Spirotropis phaeacra []
No picture found Spirotropis stirophora []	No picture found Splendrillia espyra []	No picture found Steironepion minus []
No picture found Stenodrillia gundlachi []	No picture found Stenodrillia horrenda []	No picture found Strictispira coltrorum []
No picture found Strictispira paxillus []	No picture found Strictispira quadrifasciata []	No picture found Thesbia michaelseni []
Typhlodaphne purissima []	No picture found Typhlomangelia tmeta []	No picture found Veprecula tornipila []
No picture found Volvarina gracilis []	No picture found Xanthodaphne heterogramma []

80 Species of Family Turridae
(turrids)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acmaturris brisis		Western Atlantic.	0.83 DL
Aforia goniodes		Southeast Pacific, Southw	3.83 DL
Agathotoma candidissima	White-frosted mangelia	Western Atlantic	1 DL
Agathotoma subtilis		Western Atlantic.	0.39 DL
Agladrillia fuegiensis		Patagonia.	2.03 DL
Belalora cunninghami		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1 DL
Belalora thielei		Southwest Atlantic
Borsonella silicea		Western Atlantic.	1.04 DL
Borsonia brasiliana		Western Atlantic.	1.29 DL
Brachytoma rioensis		Western Atlantic.	2.25 DL
Buchema interpleura		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Buchema liella		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL
Carinodrillia braziliensis		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Clathrodrillia albicoma		Western Atlantic.	3.4 DL
Clathrodrillia dautzenbergi		Western Central Atlantic	2.7 DL
Clathrodrillia paria		Indo-Pacific.	1.2 DL
Cochlespira elongata		Southwest Atlantic	3.67 DL
Compsodrillia acestra		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL
Compsodrillia haliostrephis		Western Atlantic.	1.95 DL
Compsodrillia tristicha		Western Atlantic	2.3 DL
Corinnaeturris leucomata		Atlantic Ocean.	1.9 DL
Crassispira apicata		Western Atlantic.	1.81 DL
Crassispira cubana		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL
Crassispira fuscescens	Ebony turrid	Western Atlantic.	2.6 DL
Crassispira latizonata		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Crassispira nigrescens	Black turrid	Western Atlantic	0.76 DL
Crassispira tampaensis		Western Atlantic	3.2 DL
Cryoturris dianema		Western Atlantic.	0.69 DL
Daphnella corbicula		Western Atlantic.	1.12 DL
Daphnella lymneiformis	Volute daphnelle	Indo-Pacific.	1.9 DL
Daphnella margaretae	Margareth's Daphnella	Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL
Daphnella retifera		Western Atlantic	0.72 DL
Diptychophlia hubrechti		Western Atlantic.	0.88 DL
Drillia marmarina		Western Atlantic.	1.68 DL
Eucyclotoma cingulata		Western Atlantic.	1.55 DL
Eucyclotoma stegeri		Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL
Eulimastoma canaliculatum		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Fenimorea fucata		Western Atlantic	2.7 DL
Fenimorea halidorema		Western Atlantic.	2.55 DL
Fenimorea pagodula		Western Atlantic.	1.8 DL
Fusiturricula jaquensis		Western Atlantic.	5.5 DL
Fusiturricula maesae		Western Atlantic.	5.4 DL
Fusiturricula taurina		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Gemmula mystica		Western Atlantic.	2.08 DL
Granoturris padolina		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Granoturris rhysa		Western Atlantic.	1.25 DL
Hindsiclava appelii		Western Atlantic.	2.8 DL
Kurtzia lophoessa		Western Atlantic.	0.76 DL
Lioglyphostoma adematum		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Lioglyphostoma antillarum		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Lioglyphostoma hendersoni		Western Atlantic.	1.24 DL
Lioglyphostoma jousseaumei		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Microdrillia crispata		Mediterranean and Atlanti	0.5 TL
Miraclathurella herminea		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL
Philbertia cala		Southeast Atlantic.
Philbertia perparva		Western Atlantic.	0.58 DL
Pilsbryspira leucocyma	White-knob drillia	Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL
Polystira albida	White giant-turris	Western Atlantic.	11.6 DL
Polystira coltrorum		Southwest Atlantic	2.2 DL
Polystira florencae		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Polystira formosissima		Western Atlantic.	4 DL
Pyrgocythara albovittata		Western Central Atlantic	0.64 DL
Pyrgospira ostrearum	Oyster turrid	Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL
Sediliopsis riosi		Southwest Atlantic	1.5 DL
Spirotropis lithocolleta		Western Atlantic	1.65 DL
Spirotropis phaeacra		Western Atlantic.	0.46 DL
Spirotropis stirophora		Western Atlantic.	0.76 DL
Splendrillia espyra		Western Atlantic.	0.76 DL
Steironepion minus		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Stenodrillia gundlachi		Western Atlantic.	3.4 DL
Stenodrillia horrenda		Western Atlantic.	6.2 DL
Strictispira coltrorum		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Strictispira paxillus		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL
Strictispira quadrifasciata		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL
Thesbia michaelseni		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.02 DL
Typhlodaphne purissima		Southeast Pacific, Southw	2.8 DL
Typhlomangelia tmeta		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Veprecula tornipila		Eastern Pacific and South	0.5 DL
Volvarina gracilis		Western Atlantic.	0.82 DL
Xanthodaphne heterogramma		Atlantic Ocean.	2.47 DL

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