Xenuroturris

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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|image_caption = Shell of Xenuroturris legitima (specimen at MNHN, Paris)

|taxon = Xenuroturris

|authority =Iredale, 1929

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  • Clamturris Iredale, 1931
  • Lophiotoma (Xenuroturris) Iredale, 1929

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Xenuroturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.{{WRMS species|204669|Xenuroturris Iredale, 1929||4 October 2010}}

Description

This genus characterized by a polygonal protoconch. The anterior siphonal canal is relatively short. The sinus rib is margined.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49808812#page/185/mode/1up Powell, A.W.B. (1967) The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1a. The subfamily Turrinae concluded. Indo-Pacific Mollusca, 1, 409–444]

Distribution

This marine genus occurs in the Red Sea and extends from the tropical Indian Ocean to the tropical Pacific Ocean as far east as Hawaii; also off Australia (Queensland) and Mozambique.

Species

Species within the genus Xenuroturris include:

;Synonyms:

  • Xenuroturris bisculptus Powell, 1944: synonym of † Veruturris bisculptus (Powell, 1944)
  • Xenuroturris cerithiformis Powell, 1964:{{WRMS species|435242|Xenuroturris cerithiformis Powell, 1964||14 April 2010}} synonym of Iotyrris cerithiformis (Powell, 1964)
  • Xenuroturris cingulifera (Lamarck, 1822):{{WRMS species|217127|Xenuroturris cingulifera (Lamarck, 1822)||14 April 2010}} synonym of Iotyrris cingulifera (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Xenuroturris cochleatus Powell, 1944: synonym of † Veruturris cochleatus (Powell, 1944)
  • Xenuroturris corona Laseron, 1954: synonym of Typhlomangelia corona (Laseron, 1954) (original combination)
  • Xenuroturris kingae Powell, 1964:{{WRMS species|435245|Xenuroturris kingae Powell, 1964||14 April 2010}} synonym of Iotyrris kingae (Powell, 1964) (original combination)
  • Xenuroturris quadricarinatus Powell, 1944: synonym of † Veruturris quadricarinatus (Powell, 1944)
  • Xenuroturris subconcavus (G.F. Harris, 1897): synonym of † Veruturris subconcavus (G. F. Harris, 1897)
  • Xenuroturris tomopleuroides Powell, 1944: synonym of † Veruturris tomopleuroides (Powell, 1944)

References

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  • Olivera, B.M. 2002. The gastropod genus Xenuroturris (Iredale, 1929) evaluated and a new turrid Lophiotoma olangoensis described from the Central Philippines. Science Diliman 14(2): 39-49