"Turrids"

What used to be conisdered the family Turridae is represented by numerous species in the Marshalls. In recent years, the old Turridae has been split into several different families, but for now all of the old "Turrids" are presented on this page. These families are not well covered in many references, and some references show obviously different species under the same names. Many of our IDs, even to genus, are tentative and may be changed with further study. We welcome corrections at uwkwaj@yahoo.com. (Click on a thumbnail for pages of larger images.)

The families figured on this page are: Clathurellidae, Drilliidae, Horaiclavidae, Mangeliidae, Mitromorphidae, Pseudomelatomidae, Raphitomidae and Turridae. (Click the family name to jump to that section of this page.)

Clathurellidae

Many of those listed as Lienardia sp. may belong to other genera.

Acrista tuberculifera	Etrema crassilabrum	Etrema cf crassilabrum
Etrema polydesma	Etrema cf polydesma	Etrema scalarina
Etrema sp. 2	Etrema sp. 6	Etrema sp. 8
Etrema sp. 9	Lienardia cf caelata	Lienardia emmae
Lienardia giliberti	Lienardia cf lutea	Lienardia mighelsi
Lienardia roseotincta	Lienardia rubida	Lienardia cf vultuosa
Lienardia cf vultuosa	Lienardia sp. 5	Lienardia sp. 17
Lienardia sp. 19	Lienardia sp. 20	Lienardia sp. 26
Lienardia? sp. 29	Lienardia? sp. 30	Lienardia compta
Lienardia? sp. 33	Lienardia? sp. 34	Lienardia? sp. 35
Lienardia sp. 37	Lienardia sp. 38	Lienardia sp. 42
Lienardia sp. 43	Lienardia sp. 45	Lienardia sp. 47
Lienardia? sp. 48	Lienardia sp. 49	Lienardia sp. 50
Lienardia sp. 51	Lienardia? sp. 52	Lienardia? sp. 53
Lienardia sp. 54	Lienardia? sp. 55	Lienardia sp. 57
Lienardia sp. 59	Lienardia? sp. 60	Lienardia sp. 61
Lienardia? sp. 62	Lienardia? sp. 63	Nannodiella cf acricula

Drilliidae

Clavus bilinearis	Clavus bilineatus	Clavus canalicularis
Clavus davidgilmouri	Clavus delphineae	Clavus fulvus
Clavus formosus	Clavus laetus	Clavus cf laetus
Clavus lamberti	Clavus cf lamberti	Clavus pica
Clavus cf picoides	Clavus cf protentus	Clavus rugizonatus
Clavus unizonalis	Clavus virginieae	Clavus cf wilmeri
Clavus sp. 2	Clavus sp. 3	Clavus sp. 5
Clavus sp. 14	Clavus sp. 15	Clavus sp. 17
Plagiostropha opalus	Plagiostropha quintuplex

Horaiclavidae

Carinapex cf papillosa	Carinapex cf minutissima	Carinapex sp. 1
Carinapex sp. 2	Carinapex sp. 6	Ceritoturris cf theoteles
Iredalea pygmaea	Iredalea? sp. 1	Iredalea sp. 2

Mangeliidae

Many of those listed as Eucithara sp. likely belong in other genera.

Agathotoma sp. 1	Agathotoma sp. 2	Eucithara cf angela
Eucithara caledonica	Eucithara cf capillata	Eucithara celebensis
Eucithara fusiformis	Eucithara harpellina	Eucithara gracilis
Eucithara cf gracilis	Eucithara cf obesa	Eucithara stromboides
Eucithara cf stromboides	Eucithara sp. 2	Eucithara sp. 7
Eucithara? sp. 10	Eucithara? sp. 11	Eucithara sp. 12
Eucithara sp. 16	Eucithara? sp. 17	Eucithara? sp. 18
Eucithara? sp. 19	Eucithara? sp. 20	Eucithara? sp. 21
Eucithara sp. 22	Eucithara? sp. 23	Eucithara sp. 24
Eucithara sp. 26	Eucithara sp. 27	Eucithara sp. 28
Eucithara sp. 29	Eucithara sp. 30	Eucithara sp. 31
Eucithara sp. 32	Eucithara sp. 33	Eucithara sp. 34
Eucithara sp. 35	Eucithara sp. 36	Eucithara sp. 37
Eucithara? sp. 38	Eucithara sp. 39	Eucithara sp. 40
Eucithara sp. 41	Eucithara sp. 42	Eucithara sp. 43
Eucithara sp. 44	Eucithara sp. 45	Eucithara sp. 49
Eucithara sp. 51	Eucithara? sp. 52	Eucithara? sp. 53
Eucithara? sp. 54	Eucithara sp. 55	Eucithara sp. 56
Eucithara sp. 57	Eucithara sp. 60	Guraleus cf himeroides
Heterocithara cf himerta	Macteola chinoi	Macteola interrupta
Macteola segesta	Macteola theskela	Macteola sp. 2
Macteola sp. 3	Macteola sp. 4	Macteola sp. 5
Macteola sp. 6	Macteola sp. 7	Macteola sp. 8
Macteola sp. 10	Macteola sp. 11

Mitromorphidae

Anarithma alphonsiana	Anarithma fischeri	Anarithma granulata
Anarithma kilburni	Anarithma metula	Anarithma pamila
Anarithma cf pamila	Anarithma cf pamila	Anarithma punctata
Anarithma purpurata	Anarithma cf salisburyi	Anarithma? sp. 1
Anarithma sp. 7	Lovellona atramentosa

Pseudomelatomidae

Crassispira procera	Crassispira scala	Inquisitor sp. 1
Naudedrillia sp. 1	Otitoma cyclophora

Raphitomidae

Many of those listed as Kermia sp. may belong to other genera.

Daphnella cf aureola	Daphnella cf cheverti	Daphnella flammea
Daphnella cf patula	Daphnella rissoides	Daphnella varicosa
Daphnella cf terina	Daphnella sp. 8	Daphnella sp. 9
Daphnella sp. 10	Daphnella? sp. 11	Daphnella sp. 12
Daphnella sp. 13	Daphnella sp. 14	Daphnella sp. 15
Daphnella sp. 16	Daphnella sp. 17	Daphnella? sp. 18
Diaugasma olyra	Eucyclotoma bicarinata	Eucyclotoma lactea
Eucyclotoma trivaricosa	Eucyclotoma sp. 2	Eucyclotoma sp. 3
Exomilus edychrous	Hemilienardia apiculata	Hemilienardia goubini
Hemilienardia homochroa	Hemilienardia ocellata	Hemilienardia thyridota
Hemilienardia sp. 1	Hemilienardia? sp. 2	Kermia cf aniani
Kermia cf daedalea	Kermia maculosa	Kermia pumila
Kermia sp 1	Kermia? sp. 2	Kermia? sp. 3
Kermia? sp. 4	Kermia? sp. 5	Kermia? sp. 6
Kermia? sp. 9	Kermia sp. 11	Kermia? sp. 13
Kermia sp. 16	Kermia? sp. 17	Kermia sp. 20
Kermia sp. 21	Kermia? sp. 22	Kermia? sp. 23
Kermia sp. 24	Kermia? sp. 26	Kermia sp. 27
Kermia sp. 28	Kermia? sp. 30	Pseudodaphnella barnardi
Pseudodaphnella cf daedala	Pseudodaphnella drupelloides	Pseudodaphnella excellens
Pseudodaphnella cf excellens	Pseudodaphnella granicostata	Pseudodaphnella cf granosa
Pseudodaphnella kilburni	Pseudodaphnella cf lineata	Pseudodaphnella philippinensis
Pseudodaphnella punctifera	Pseudodaphnella cf rubroguttata	Pseudodaphnella santoa
Pseudodaphnella tincta	Pseudodaphnella sp. 1	Pseudodaphnella sp. 2
Pseudodaphnella tigroidella	Pseudodaphnella sp. 3	Pseudodaphnella sp. 4
Pseudodaphnella? sp. 5	Pseudodaphnella sp. 7	Pseudodaphnella sp. 10
Raphitomidae sp. 1	Thetidos morsura	Tritonoturris amabilis
Tritonoturris cumingii	Tritonoturris difficilis	Tritonoturris cf macandrewi
Tritonoturris menecharmes	Tritonoturris subrissoides	Tritonoturris sp. 1
Tritonoturris? sp. 2	Veprecula cf arethusa

Turridae

Iotyrris cingulifera	Iotyrris kingae	Iotyrris olangoensis
Iotyrris sp. 1	Gemmula albina	Gemmula cosmoi
Lophiotoma acuta	Lophiotoma brevicaudata	Lophiotoma picturata
Lophiotoma vezzaroi	Purpuraturris cryptorrhaphe	Turridrupa albofasciata
Turridrupa astricta	Turridrupa bijubata	Turridrupa diffusa
Turridrupa jubata	Turridrupa weaveri	Turridrupa sp. 1
Turridrupa sp. 4	Turridrupa sp. 5	Turris garnonsii
Turris spectabilis

Unknown family

Turrid? sp. 19	Turrid? sp. 20	Turrid? sp. 21
Turrid sp. 22	Turrid? sp. 24

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