Turcica
| Turcica | |
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Turcica monilifera | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontidae |
| Genus: |
Turcica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 |
| Type species | |
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Turcica monilifera A. Adams, 1854 |
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Turcica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontidae.
Kano et al. (2009) have argued that Turcica belongs in the family Calliotropidae.
The thin, subdiaphanous, imperforate shell has a conoidal shape. The whorls display transverse series of granules, the last rounded on the periphery. The thick columella is spirally twisted posteriorly, ending anteriorly in an obtuse, prominent point. The thin outer lip is simple and acute.
The genus ranges on both shores of the Pacific, from California and Australia northward.
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species are included within the genus Turcica :
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