Turbinellidae

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Turbinellidae

| image = Turbinella pyrum 01.jpg

| image_caption = Turbinella pyrum

| authority = Swainson, 1835

| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species|456412|Exilia Conrad, 1860||11 April 2012}}

| synonyms =

Vasidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Xancidae Pilsbry, 1922

| type_genus =

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text

| display_parents = 3

}}

Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators.{{cite book|author1=Ponder, Winston Frank|author2= Lindberg, David R.|author3=Ponder, Juliet Mary |title=Biology and Evolution of the Mollusca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNS-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1934 |year=2019 |publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-351-11564-3 |page=1934}}

Distribution

Species in this family are found worldwide, mostly in tropical shallow waters but some in deep waters.

Subfamilies

sub-family Columbariinae Tomlin, 1928
genus Columbarium Martens, 1881
genus Coluzea Finlay, 1926
genus Fulgurofusus Grabau, 1904
genus Fustifusus Harasewych, 1991
genus Peristarium Bayer, 1971
sub-family Tudiclinae Cossmann, 1901
genus Tudicla Röding, 1798
sub-family Turbinellinae Swainson, 1835
genus Cryptofusus Beu, 2011
genus Syrinx Röding, 1798
genus Turbinella Lamarck, 1799
sub-family Vasinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1840)
genus Altivasum Hedley, 1914
genus Enigmavasum Poppe & Tagaro, 2005
genus Pisanella Koenen, 1865
genus Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987
genus Vasum Röding, 1798
genus Pisanella Koenen, 1865 †

Image:Hystrivasum horridum 01.JPG|Hystrivasum horridum

Image:Syrinx aruanus 61 a.jpg|Syrinx aruanus

Image:Tudicla spirillus 01.JPG|Tudicla spirillus

Image:Turbinella pyrum 01.jpg|Turbinella pyrum

Image:Vasum turbinellus 01.JPG|Vasum turbinellus

;Genera brought into synonymy :

Buccinella Perry, 1811 : synonym of Turbinella Lamarck, 1799
Cynodonta Schumacher, 1817 : synonym of Vasum Röding, 1798
Surculina Dall, 1908: synonym of Exilia Conrad, 1860
Tudicula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 : synonym of Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987

References

Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.; White, R. (Ed.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. {{ISBN|2-85653-538-0}}. 463 pp.
{{cite journal |last1=Dekkers |first1=A. |last2=Maxwell |first2=S. |title=Altivasum Hedley, 1914 (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) from South Western Australia |journal=The Festivus |date=2018 |volume=50 |issue=4 |pages=245–255 |doi=10.54173/F504245|doi-access=free}}