Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Adeuomphalus ammoniformis		Mediterranean Sea.		1876
Adeuomphalus collinsi		Western Central Pacific		2009
Adeuomphalus elegans		Southwest Pacific		2009
Adeuomphalus trochanter		Northeast Pacific		2001
Adeuomphalus xerente		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL	2009
Angaria formosa		Western Central Philippin		1842
Angaria nodosa		Western Pacific		1843
Angaria sphaerula		Western Pacific.		1839
Arene adusta		Western Pacific.		1970
Arene bairdii	Warty cyclostreme	Western Atlantic. Tropic	0.6 DL	1889
Arene balboai		Western Atlantic. Tropic		1939
Arene brasiliana		Western Atlantic	0.5 DL	1927
Arene briareus	Briar cyclostreme	Tropical to polar areas o	0.9 DL	1881
Arene carinata		Tropical to polar areas o		1857
Arene cruentata	Star cyclostreme	Western Atlantic. Tropic	1.6 DL	1829
Arene ferruginosa		Southeast Pacific		1970
Arene fricki		Southeast Pacific		1865
Arene lucasensis		Southeast Pacific		1933
Arene miniata		Western Atlantic	0.3 DL	1889
Arene riisei		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1943
Arene stellata		Western Atlantic.		1970
Arene tricarinata	Gem cyclostreme	Western Atlantic and East	0.4 DL	1872
Arene variabilis	Variable cyclostreme	Western Atlantic. Tropica	0.6 DL	1889
Arene venusta		Western Atlantic	0.5 DL	1928
Arene venustula	Graceful cyclostreme	Western Atlantic. Tropica	0.8 DL	1936
Astraea heliotropium	Circular saw shell	Southwest Pacific		1784
Astralium brevispina		Western Atlantic	5 DL	1822
Astralium calcar	Spurred turban	Indo-West Pacific	6 SHL	1758
Astralium confragosum		Eastern Central Pacific		1849
Astralium haemotragum		Western Pacific	2 ShH	1829
Astralium lapillus		Western Central Pacific		1863
Astralium latispina		Western Atlantic.	6 DL	1844
Astralium milloni		Eastern Central Pacific		1973
Astralium provisorium		Western Central Pacific		1903
Astralium rhodostomum	Rosemouth starshell	Western Pacific.		1822
Astralium saturnum		Western Central Pacific		1999
Astralium tentorium		Eastern Indian Ocean		1930
Astrallum rhodostoma		Western Central Pacific	5 H	1822
Bellastraea aurea		Eastern Indian Ocean		1844
Bolma bartschi		Western Central Pacific		1913
Bolma erectospinosa		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ShH	1980
Bolma girgylla	Girgyllus star shell	Western Pacific.	6 ShH	1843
Bolma guttata		Western Pacific		1853
Bolma henica		Western Central Pacific	3 ShH	1885
Bolma kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific		1979
Bolma maestratii		Southwest Pacific and Eas		2009
Bolma microconcha		Western Central Pacific		1985
Bolma midwayensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1970
Bolma minutiradiosa		Western Central Pacific		1983
Bolma persica		Western Pacific	2.5 ShH	1907
Bolma recens		Southwest Pacific		1967
Bolma rugosa	Rough turbo	Mediterranean Sea.		1758
Bolma sunderlandi		Western Central Atlantic	1.6 DL	1987
Bolma tamikoana		Western Central Pacific		1973
Callogaza watsoni		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1881
Cirsonella extrema		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.3 DL	1912
Cirsonella kerguelenensis		Western Atlantic and Indi	0.2 DL	1912
Cookia sulcata	Cooks turban shell	Southwest Pacific		1786
Cyclostrema amabile		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1934
Cyclostrema archeri		Western Indian Ocean		1888
Cyclostrema cancellatum	Cancellate cyclostreme	Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1818
Cyclostrema carinatum		Western Indian Ocean		1873
Cyclostrema charmophron		Western Indian Ocean		1906
Cyclostrema cookeanum		Western Indian Ocean		1818
Cyclostrema crassiolatum		Southeast Pacific and Ant		1908
Cyclostrema dunkeri		Western Indian Ocean		1888
Cyclostrema eumares		Western Indian Ocean		1904
Cyclostrema exiguum		Western Indian Ocean		1849
Cyclostrema filipino		Western Central Pacific	0.3 SHW	2023
Cyclostrema huesonicum	Key West cyclostreme	Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1927
Cyclostrema japonicum		Western Pacific		1977
Cyclostrema ocrinium		Western Indian Ocean.		1901
Cyclostrema ponsonbyi		Western Indian Ocean.
Cyclostrema prominulum		Western Indian Ocean		1903
Cyclostrema schrammii		Western Indian Ocean	0.2 DL	1857
Cyclostrema supremum		Western Indian Ocean		1903
Cyclostrema tortuganum	Tortugas cyclostreme	Western Atlantic.	1 DL	1927
Didianema pauli		Western Central Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1945
Eulithidium adamsi		Western Central Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1853
Eulithidium affine	Checkered pheasant	Western Atlantic Ocean.	0.9 TL	1850
Eulithidium bellum	Shouldered pheasant	Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1937
Eulithidium comptum	Banded pheasant	East Pacific.		1855
Eulithidium pterocladicum	Rhodophyte pheasant	Western Central Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1958
Eulithidium pulloide	Sullied pheasant	East Pacific.		1864
Eulithidium rubrilineatum	Red-line pheasant	East Pacific.		1928
Eulithidium substriatum	Low-line pheasant	East Pacific.		1864
Eulithidium tessellatum		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1838
Eulithidium thalassicola	Turtlegrass pheasant	Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1958
Gabrielona nepeanensis		Western Atlantic.		1908
Gabrielona roni		Western Indian Ocean		1993
Gabrielona sulcifera		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1973
Gaza compta		Western Atlantic.	2.6 DL	2006
Gaza olivacea		Western Atlantic.	4.5 DL	1991
Granigyra limata		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1889
Granigyra oblatogyra		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2002
Granigyra radiata		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1927
Granigyra spinulosa		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1897
Guildfordia aculeata		Western Central Pacific	4.5 ShD	1979
Guildfordia superba		Western Central Pacific		2006
Guildfordia tagaroae		Western Central Pacific		2006
Guildfordia triumphans	Victorious turban	Western Pacific.	7 ShD	1841
Guildfordia yoka		Western Pacific	4.5 ShD	1888
Haplocochlias cubensis		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2007
Haplocochlias moolenbeeki		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1988
Haplocochlias nunezi		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2005
Haplocochlias ortizi		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2005
Haplocochlias risoneideneryae		Western Atlantic.		2002
Haplocochlias williami		Western Atlantic.		2002
Leptothyra benthicola		Southwest Pacific	0.4 SHH	1979
Leptothyra candida		Eastern Central Pacific		1861
Leptothyra inepta		Western Central Pacific		1861
Leptothyra kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific		1979
Leptothyra nanina		Western Central Pacific		1864
Leptothyra rubricincta		Pacific
Liotia cancellata		Pacific		1828
Liotia fenestrata	California cyclostreme	East Pacific.		1864
Liotia microgrammata		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1927
Liotina loculosa		Western Central Pacific		1859
Liotina peronii		Indo-West Pacific		1839
Lissospira abyssicola		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1897
Lissospira bushae		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1927
Lissospira conica		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1927
Lissospira convexa		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1897
Lissospira dalli		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1882
Lissospira depressa		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1927
Lissospira rarinota		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1897
Lissospira striata		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1897
Lissospira valvata		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1927
Lissotesta impervia		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1908
Lissotesta liratula		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL	1903
Lissotesta major		Atlantic Ocean.	0.1 DL	1992
Lissotesta notalis		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1908
Lissotesta unifilosa		Western Atlantic and Indo	0.2 DL	1912
Lithopoma americanum	American star snail	Western Central Atlantic.	4 NG	1791
Lithopoma aspinosum		Western Atlantic.	4.1 DL	1971
Lithopoma caelatum	Carved starsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	10 DL	1791
Lithopoma gibberosa	Red turban	Eastern Pacific	7.5 SHD	1817
Lithopoma phoebium	Longspine starsnail	Western Atlantic.	7.6 DL	1798
Lithopoma tectum	West Indian starsnail	Western Atlantic.	6 DL	1786
Lithopoma tuber	Green starsnail	Western Central Atlantic	6 DL	1767
Lodderena bunnelli		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL	2005
Lodderena janetmayae		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL	1998
Lodderena ornata	Ornate lodderena	Atlantic Ocean and Indo-W	0.1 DL	1958
Lodderena pulchella		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL	1958
Lodderena striata		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Lodderia coatsiana		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1912
Lodderia novemcarinata		Western Indian Ocean.		1906
Lunella cinerea	Smooth moon turban	Indo-West Pacific	4 SHL	1778
Lunella coronata	Coronate moon turban	Indo-West Pacific	5.5 SHL	1791
Lunella granulata		Northwest Pacific		1791
Lunella smaragda	Cat's eye shell	Southwest Pacific		1791
Lunella torquata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1791
Lunella undulata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1786
Macrarene cookeana		Eastern Indian Ocean		1918
Macrarene farallonensis	Farallon cyclostreme	East Pacific.		1952
Margarita bicarinata		Western Atlantic.		1860
Margarita magellanica		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1852
Margarites atlantoides		Western Atlantic.	1 DL	1992
Margarites bairdii		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1889
Margarites biconicus		Western Atlantic and Indi	0.8 DL	1996
Margarites coarctatus		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1843
Margarites dilectus		Western Atlantic.		1855
Margarites dnopherus		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1879
Margarites euspira		Atlantic Ocean.	0.7 DL	1881
Margarites imperialis		Western Atlantic.	1.0 DL	2006
Margarites kophameli		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1905
Margarites malouinus		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1841
Margarites miona		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1927
Margarites mirabilis		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	2006
Margarites ornatus		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1843
Margarites sigaretinus		Eastern Pacific.	1.2 DL	1838
Megastraea turbanica	Rockpile turban	Eastern Central Pacific		1910
Megastraea undosa	Wavy turban	Eastern Pacific	15 SHD	1828
Moelleria costulata	Ribbed moelleria	Arctic, Northeast Pacific	0.3 DL	1842
Moelleria drusiana		Arctic, Northeast Pacific		1919
Moelleria quadrae		Arctic, Northeast Pacific		1897
Moelleriopsis abyssicola		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1897
Moelleriopsis sincera		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1890
Moelleriopsis valvatoides		Atlantic Ocean.	0.3 DL	1883
Moelleriopsis vemae		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1961
Moelleriopsis watsoni		Western Atlantic.		1888
Palazzia pankakare		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL	2009
Parviturbo granulum		Western Atlantic.	0.1 DL	1889
Parviturbo tuberculosus		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1842
Pomaulax gibberosus		Northeast Pacific		1817
Pomaulax spiratus	Spirate turban	Northeast Atlantic		1911
Prisogaster niger		Southeast Pacific		1828
Retigyra millipunctata		Atlantic Ocean.	0.2 DL	1886
Skenea ferruginea		Atlantic Ocean.	0.2 DL	1991
Skenea peterseni		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1877
Skenea proxima		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	1888
Spiromoelleria kachemakensis		Western Atlantic.		1984
Spiromoelleria quadrae		Western Atlantic.		1897
Tharsiella globosa		Eastern Pacific.	0.2 DL	1903
Trenchia argentinae		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1961
Tropidomarga biangulata		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1951
Turbo angelvaldesi		Western Central Atlantic	4.6 DL	1996
Turbo argyrostomus	Silvermouth turban	Indo-Pacific.	10 ShH	1758
Turbo aurantius		Western Central Pacific		1847
Turbo bruneus	Brown Pacific turban	Indo-West Pacific	6 ShH	1798
Turbo cailletii	Filose turban	Western Central Atlantic.	3.7 DL	1856
Turbo canaliculatus	Channelled turban	Western Atlantic.	9.8 DL	1781
Turbo castanea	Chestnut turban	Western Atlantic.	5 DL	1791
Turbo chrysostomus	Goldmouth turban	Indo-West Pacific.	8 SHL	1758
Turbo chrysostonus		Western Central Pacific	7 H	1758
Turbo cornutus	Horned turban	Northwest Pacific.	11.2 SHL	1786
Turbo crassus	Crass turban	Western Central Pacific	8.5 SHL	1828
Turbo fluctuosus		Western Central Pacific		1828
Turbo fortispiralis		Western Central Pacific		2003
Turbo haraldi		Western Atlantic	2.5 DL	1957
Turbo heisei		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL	1999
Turbo heterocheilus		Western Central Pacific		1888
Turbo intercostalis	Ribbed turban snail	Indo-West Pacific.		1846
Turbo jonathani		Western Indian Ocean		1992
Turbo jourdani		Eastern Indian Ocean		1839
Turbo markusrufi		Western Central Pacific		2003
Turbo marmoratus	Green turban	Indo-Pacific	22 SHL	1758
Turbo militaris		Southwest Pacific		1848
Turbo parvulus		Western Central Pacific		1848
Turbo petholatus	Tapestry turban	Indo-Pacific.	8.5 ShH	1758
Turbo radiatus	Rayed dwarf-turban	Indo-West Pacific.		1791
Turbo reevei	Reeve's turban	Western Pacific	5 ShH	1847
Turbo sandwicensis	Hawaiian turban	Eastern Central Pacific		1861
Turbo sarmaticus	Giant periwrinkle	Southeast Atlantic.	12 SHL
Turbo saxosus		Southeast Atlantic.		1828
Turbo setosus	Rough turban	Indo-Pacific.	8.5 SHL	1791
Turbo sparverius		Western Central Pacific		1791
Turbo squamiger		Eastern Pacific.		1843
Turbo stenogyrum		Western Central Pacific	2 ShH	1873
Turbo tuberculosus	Turbo snail	Western Central Pacific		1834
Turbo tursicus		Western Central Pacific		1843
Uvanilla buschii	Philippi's star shell	Southeast Pacific		1844
Xyloskenea naticiformis		Atlantic Ocean.	0.3 DL	1883

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Family: Turbinidae Turban shells(See list of species below)

Family: Turbinidae Turban shells

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