Crassispirinae

Crassispirinae is a subfamily of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Turridae,[1] commonly named turrids.

Crassispirinae
Two shells of Turridrupa cerithina
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Crassispirinae

McLean, 1971
Genera

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Synonyms

Belinae A. Bellardi, 1875

This subfamily has been revised and now comes under the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Genera

Genera in the subfamily Crassispirinae include:[2]

References

  1. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp.
  2. - World Register of Marine Species

Further reading

  • Kantor Y. I., Medinskaya A. I. & Taylor J. D. (1997). "Foregut anatomy and relationships of the Crassispirinae (Gastropoda, Conoidea)". Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. (Zool.) 63: 55–92.
  • Vaught K. C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.


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