Turridrupa

Turridrupa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[2]

Turridrupa
shell of Turridrupa albofasciata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Turridrupa Hedley, 1922[1]
Type species
Pleurotoma acutigemmata Smith E. A., 1877

Description

(Original description) The solid shell has a cylindro-fusiform. Its colour is usually monochrome, sometimes brown orange or yellow. The protoconch consists of two smooth turbinate whorls, followed by a whorl ornamented with close arcuate riblets. The adult sculpture consists of numerous revolving keels, one or more of which may break up into bead rows. The fasciole (= spiral band on the edgse of a canal formed by successive growth lines) is indefinite. The siphonal notch has a short subcircular incision with a raised margin. The aperture shows revolving ridges on the palate.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Turridrupa include:

• Turridrupa acutigemmata (E.A. Smith, 1877)^[4]
• †Turridrupa akhaiderensis Abbass H., 1977 ^[5]
• Turridrupa albofasciata (Smith E. A., 1877)^[6]
• Turridrupa albogemmata Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2011
• Turridrupa armillata (Reeve, 1845)^[7]
• Turridrupa astricta (Reeve, 1843)^[8]
• Turridrupa bijubata (Reeve, 1843)^[9]
• Turridrupa cincta (Lamarck, 1822)^[10]
• Turridrupa consobrina Powell, 1967
• Turridrupa deceptrix Hedley, 1922^[11]
• Turridrupa diffusa Powell, 1967^[12]
• Turridrupa elongata Watkins, 2010 ^[13]
• Turridrupa erythraea (Weinkauff, 1875)
• Turridrupa gatchensis (Hervier, 1896)^[14]
• Turridrupa jubata (Reeve, 1843)^[15]
• Turridrupa nagasakiensis (Smith E. A., 1879)^[16]
• Turridrupa poppei Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2011
• Turridrupa prestoni Powell, 1967^[17]
• Turridrupa weaveri Powell, 1967^[18]

Species brought into synonymy

• Turridrupa barkliensis H. Adams, 1869: synonym of Drillia barkliensis (H. Adams, 1869)
• Turridrupa cerithina (Anton, 1838):^[19] synonym of Crassispira cerithina (Anton, 1838)
• Turridrupa fastosa (Hedley, 1907):^[20] synonym of Microdrillia fastosa (Hedley, 1907)
• † Turridrupa kagoshimaensis Shuto, 1965: synonym of † Otitoma kagoshimaensis (Shuto, 1965) (original combination)
• † Turridrupa mangaoparia Beu, 1970: synonym of † Drilliola mangaoparia (Beu, 1970)
• † Turridrupa maoria Powell, 1942 : synonym of † Drilliola maoria (Powell, 1942)
• Turridrupa pertinax Hedley, 1922: synonym of Microdrillia pertinax (Hedley, 1922) (original combination)