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Ceritoturris
Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ceritoturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
It was previously included within the subfamily Crassispirinae, family Turridae.[1]
Fossils of Ceritoturris fecunda Lozouet, 1999 have been found in Miocene strata of Germany; age range: 15.97 to 11.608 Ma.[2] and late Oligocene strata in the Aquitaine Basin[3]
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Description
The minute shell has a blunt protoconch. The second whorl shows a peripheral keel. The seven subsequent whorls are moderately rounded, axially and spirally sculptured. The siphonal canal is almost obsolete.[4]
Species
Species within the genus Ceritoturris include:
- Ceritoturris bittium (Dall, 1924)
- † Ceritoturris fecunda Lozouet, 1999 [5]
- † Ceritoturris littoralis Lozouet, 2017
- Ceritoturris nataliae Kilburn, 1988[6]
- † Ceritoturris philippei Lozouet, 2017
- Ceritoturris pupiformis (E. A. Smith, 1884)
- Ceritoturris suavis (Hervier, 1896)
- Ceritoturris thailandica Robba et al., 2006[7]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Ceritoturris papillosa (Garrett, 1873): synonym of Carinapex papillosa (Garrett, 1873)
- Ceritoturris theoteles (Melvill & Standen, 1896): synonym of Iredalea theoteles (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
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