Cochlespirinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of gastropods}}

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| name = Cochlespirinae

| image = Megasurcula carpenteriana.jpg

| image_caption = A live specimen of Megasurcula carpenteriana on the sea bed

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda

| superfamilia = Conoidea

| familia = Turridae

| subfamilia = Cochlespirinae

| subfamilia_authority = Powell, 1942

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text.

}}

Cochlespirinae was a subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Turridae,Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). {{ISBN|3-925919-72-4}}. 397 pp. commonly named turrids.

It has been raised to the rank of family Cochlespiridae Powell, 1942 [https://web.archive.org/web/20151129211433/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full.pdf Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308]

Genera

Genera in the subfamily Cochlespirinae used to include:[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411818 WoRMS - World register of marine Species]

References

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Category:Cochlespiridae

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