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Family: Turridae turrids (See list of species below)

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

No picture found Abyssobela atoxica []	No picture found Aforia abyssalis []	No picture found Aforia circinata [Keeled aforia]
No picture found Antimitra lirata []	No picture found Antiplanes abyssalis []	No picture found Antiplanes habei []
No picture found Antiplanes isaotakii []	No picture found Antiplanes motojimai []	No picture found Antiplanes obliquiplicata []
No picture found Asperdaphne laceyi []	No picture found Asperdaphne subzonata []	No picture found Brachytoma tuberosa []
No picture found Buccinaria teramachii []	No picture found Cheungbeia mindanensis []	No picture found Cheungbeia robusta []
No picture found Clavatula asamusiensis []	No picture found Clinura hosoi []	No picture found Cochlespira kuroharai []
No picture found Cochlespira pulcherrissima []	No picture found Comitas ensyuensis []	No picture found Comitas hayashii []
No picture found Comitas kirai []	No picture found Comitas kuroharai []	No picture found Comitas yukiae []
No picture found Compsodrillia mammillata []	No picture found Crassispira pseudoprinciplis []	No picture found Cretaspira cretacea []
No picture found Cryptogemma corneus []	No picture found Cryptomella ebor []	No picture found Cytharella robusticostata []
No picture found Cytharopsis radulina []	No picture found Daphnella angulata []	No picture found Daphnella mitrellaformis []
No picture found Daphnella nobilis []	No picture found Daphnella pernobilis []	No picture found Daphnella radula []
No picture found Daphnella semivaricosa []	No picture found Daphnella tosaensis []	No picture found Daphnella wui []
No picture found Decollidrillia nigra []	No picture found Etremopa royi []	No picture found Eucithara albivestis []
No picture found Eucithara hirasei []	No picture found Funa jeffreysii []	No picture found Funa latisinuata []
No picture found Funa spectrum []	No picture found Fusosurcula mirabilis []	Gemmula cosmoi []
No picture found Gemmula deshayesii []	No picture found Gemmula husamaru []	Gemmula kieneri []
No picture found Gemmula pseudogranosa []	No picture found Gemmula rosario []	No picture found Gemmula stupa []
No picture found Guraleus deshayesii []	No picture found Guraleus kamakurana []	No picture found Hemidaphne gouldi []
No picture found Horaiclavus filicincta []	No picture found Horaiclavus splendida []	No picture found Horaiclavus stenocyma []
No picture found Imaclava hotei []	No picture found Iwaoa reticulata []	No picture found Kurilohadalia brevis []
No picture found Kurodadrillia habui []	Kuroshioturris albogemmata []	No picture found Leiocithara longispira []
Lophiotoma indica [Indian turrid]	No picture found Lophiotoma polytropa []	No picture found Lophioturris leucotropis []
No picture found Makiyamaia cornulabrum []	No picture found Makiyamaia mammillata []	No picture found Microdrillia difficilis []
No picture found Microdrillia niponica []	No picture found Microdrillia sagamiensis []	No picture found Mioawateria bigranulosa []
Nihonia australis []	No picture found Obesotoma hokkaidoensis []	No picture found Obesotoma iessoensis []
No picture found Obesotoma okutanii []	No picture found Obesotoma oyashio []	No picture found Obesotoma sachalinensis []
No picture found Obesotoma uchidai []	No picture found Ophiodermella akkeshiensis []	No picture found Paradrillia felix []
No picture found Paradrillia patruelis [Tubercled turris]	No picture found Paradrillia sagamiana []	No picture found Paraspirotropis simplicissima []
No picture found Philbertia centrosa []	No picture found Philbertia japonica []	No picture found Philbertia perinsignis []
No picture found Philbertia tokyoensis []	No picture found Phymorhynchus buccinoides []	No picture found Phymorhynchus turris []
No picture found Pilsbryspira albiguttata []	No picture found Pilsbryspira kandai []	No picture found Pilsbryspira umbrosa []
No picture found Plicisyrinx plicata []	No picture found Pontiothauma viridis []	No picture found Pseudoraphitoma naganumaensis []
No picture found Ptychobela flavidula [Bamboo-shoot turris]	No picture found Ptychobela suturalis []	No picture found Pulsarella komakimonos []
No picture found Rectiplanes delicatus []	No picture found Teretiopsis abyssalis []	Thatcheria mirabilis []
No picture found Tomopleura reciproca []	Turricula javana [Javanese turrid]	No picture found Turricula kamakurana []
Turricula nelliae []	Turridrupa bijubata [Crested turris]	Turridrupa cincta []
Turris babylonia [Babylonia turrid]	No picture found Turris brevicanalis []	No picture found Unedogemmula deshayesii []
No picture found Vexiguraleus supercostata []	No picture found Vexitomina sinensis []

116 Species of Family Turridae
(turrids)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Abyssobela atoxica		Northwest Pacific
Aforia abyssalis		Northwest Pacific.
Aforia circinata	Keeled aforia	Northwest Pacific
Antimitra lirata		Northwest Pacific
Antiplanes abyssalis		Northwest Pacific.
Antiplanes habei		Northwest Pacific
Antiplanes isaotakii		Northwest Pacific
Antiplanes motojimai		Northwest Pacific
Antiplanes obliquiplicata		Northwest Pacific
Asperdaphne laceyi		Northwest Pacific
Asperdaphne subzonata		Northwest Pacific
Brachytoma tuberosa		Northwest Pacific
Buccinaria teramachii		Northwest Pacific
Cheungbeia mindanensis		Indo-Pacific.	3.21 SHL
Cheungbeia robusta		Indo-Pacific.	2.25 SHL
Clavatula asamusiensis		Northwest Pacific
Clinura hosoi		Northwest Pacific
Cochlespira kuroharai		Northwest Pacific
Cochlespira pulcherrissima		Northwest Pacific
Comitas ensyuensis		Northwest Pacific
Comitas hayashii		Northwest Pacific
Comitas kirai		Northwest Pacific
Comitas kuroharai		Northwest Pacific
Comitas yukiae		Northwest Pacific
Compsodrillia mammillata		Northwest Pacific
Crassispira pseudoprinciplis		Western Pacific
Cretaspira cretacea		Northwest Pacific
Cryptogemma corneus		Northwest Pacific
Cryptomella ebor		Northwest Pacific
Cytharella robusticostata		Northwest Pacific
Cytharopsis radulina		Northwest Pacific
Daphnella angulata		Northwest Pacific
Daphnella mitrellaformis		Western Pacific
Daphnella nobilis		Northwest Pacific
Daphnella pernobilis		Northwest Pacific
Daphnella radula		Western Pacific
Daphnella semivaricosa		Northwest Pacific
Daphnella tosaensis		Northwest Pacific
Daphnella wui		Northwest Pacific
Decollidrillia nigra		Northwest Pacific
Etremopa royi		Northwest Pacific
Eucithara albivestis		Northwest Pacific
Eucithara hirasei		Northwest Pacific
Funa jeffreysii		Western Pacific	4.61 SHL
Funa latisinuata		Indo-Pacific.	5.37 SHL
Funa spectrum		Indo-Pacific.
Fusosurcula mirabilis		Northwest Pacific
Gemmula cosmoi		Indo-Pacific.
Gemmula deshayesii		Western Pacific
Gemmula husamaru		Northwest Pacific
Gemmula kieneri		Western Pacific
Gemmula pseudogranosa		Northwest Pacific
Gemmula rosario		Western Pacific
Gemmula stupa		Northwest Pacific
Guraleus deshayesii		Northwest Pacific
Guraleus kamakurana		Northwest Pacific
Hemidaphne gouldi		Northwest Pacific
Horaiclavus filicincta		Northwest Pacific
Horaiclavus splendida		Northwest Pacific
Horaiclavus stenocyma		Northwest Pacific
Imaclava hotei		Northwest Pacific
Iwaoa reticulata		Northwest Pacific
Kurilohadalia brevis		Northwest Pacific.
Kurodadrillia habui		Northwest Pacific
Kuroshioturris albogemmata		Northwest Pacific
Leiocithara longispira		Northwest Pacific
Lophiotoma indica	Indian turrid	Indo-West Pacific	9.5 SHL
Lophiotoma polytropa		Western Pacific.
Lophioturris leucotropis		Western Pacific
Makiyamaia cornulabrum		Northwest Pacific
Makiyamaia mammillata		Northwest Pacific
Microdrillia difficilis		Northwest Pacific
Microdrillia niponica		Northwest Pacific
Microdrillia sagamiensis		Northwest Pacific
Mioawateria bigranulosa		Northwest Pacific
Nihonia australis		Indo-Pacific.
Obesotoma hokkaidoensis		Northwest Pacific
Obesotoma iessoensis		Northwest Pacific
Obesotoma okutanii		Northwest Pacific
Obesotoma oyashio		Northwest Pacific
Obesotoma sachalinensis		Northwest Pacific
Obesotoma uchidai		Northwest Pacific
Ophiodermella akkeshiensis		Northwest Pacific
Paradrillia felix		Northwest Pacific
Paradrillia patruelis	Tubercled turris	Indo-Pacific.
Paradrillia sagamiana		Northwest Pacific
Paraspirotropis simplicissima		Northwest Pacific
Philbertia centrosa		Northwest Pacific
Philbertia japonica		Northwest Pacific
Philbertia perinsignis		Northwest Pacific
Philbertia tokyoensis		Northwest Pacific
Phymorhynchus buccinoides		Northwest Pacific
Phymorhynchus turris		Northwest Pacific
Pilsbryspira albiguttata		Northwest Pacific
Pilsbryspira kandai		Northwest Pacific
Pilsbryspira umbrosa		Northwest Pacific
Plicisyrinx plicata		Northwest Pacific
Pontiothauma viridis		Northwest Pacific
Pseudoraphitoma naganumaensis		Northwest Pacific
Ptychobela flavidula	Bamboo-shoot turris	Western Pacific.
Ptychobela suturalis		Indo-Pacific.	3.82 SHL
Pulsarella komakimonos		Northwest Pacific
Rectiplanes delicatus		Northwest Pacific
Teretiopsis abyssalis		Northwest Pacific.
Thatcheria mirabilis		Western Pacific. From Ja
Tomopleura reciproca		Northwest Pacific
Turricula javana	Javanese turrid	Indo-Pacific	7.5 ShH
Turricula kamakurana		Northwest Pacific
Turricula nelliae		Indo-Pacific
Turridrupa bijubata	Crested turris	Indo-Pacific
Turridrupa cincta		Indo-Pacific.
Turris babylonia	Babylonia turrid	Indo-Pacific	10 ShH
Turris brevicanalis		Northwest Pacific
Unedogemmula deshayesii		Indo-Pacific.
Vexiguraleus supercostata		Northwest Pacific
Vexitomina sinensis		Northwest Pacific

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