Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Pilsbryspira nodata		Western Central Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1850
Pilsbryspira nymphia		Eastern Pacific.		1932
Pilsbryspira umbrosa		Northwest Pacific		1923
Pilsbryspira zebroides		Western Atlantic	1.2 DL	1876
Pinguigemmula philippinensis		Indo-Pacific.		1964
Plagiostropha caledoniensis		Western Central Pacific		1995
Plagiostropha costata		Indian Ocean.		1995
Plagiostropha flexus		Western Central Pacific		1983
Plagiostropha hexagona		Western Central Pacific		1995
Plagiostropha opalus		Western Central Pacific		1845
Plagiostropha sinecosta		Eastern Indian Ocean		1991
Platycythara curta		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Platycythara electra		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Pleurotoma abbreviata		Western Central Pacific		1843
Pleurotoma auriformis		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1884
Pleurotoma beraudiana		Southwest Pacific		1863
Pleurotoma casearia		Southwest Pacific		1906
Pleurotoma eritima		Atlantic Ocean.	0.3 DL	1881
Pleurotoma graniclathrata		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1884
Pleurotoma jamaicensis		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1884
Pleurotoma turbinelloides		Western Atlantic.		1846
Pleurotomoides imperati		Northeast Atlantic		1835
Pleurotomoides lyciaca		Northeast Atlantic		1844
Pleurotomoides maculosa		Indo-Pacific.		1863
Pleurotomoides obliquispira		Atlantic Ocean.		1977
Pleurotomoides petiti		Western Indian Ocean		1932
Plicisyrinx binicostata		Northern Pacific.		1986
Plicisyrinx decapitata		Northern Pacific.		1986
Plicisyrinx plicata		Northwest Pacific		1964
Plicisyrinx vitjazi		Northern Pacific.		1986
Polystira albida	White giant-turris	Western Atlantic.	11.6 DL	1811
Polystira barretti		Western Atlantic.	7.2 DL	1866
Polystira bayeri		Western Atlantic.	2.6 DL	2001
Polystira coltrorum		Southwest Atlantic	2.2 DL	1993
Polystira florencae		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL	1934
Polystira formosissima		Western Atlantic.	4 DL	1915
Polystira gruneri		Western Atlantic.	3.3 DL	1848
Polystira hilli		Western Central Atlantic	5.1 DL	1988
Polystira jelskii		Western Atlantic.	4.7 DL	1865
Polystira lindae		Western Central Atlantic	1.9 DL	1987
Polystira macra		Western Atlantic.		1934
Polystira nobilis		Eastern Pacific.		1843
Polystira oxytropis		Eastern Pacific.		1834
Polystira phillipsi		Western Central Atlantic		1969
Polystira picta		Eastern Pacific.		1843
Polystira starretti		Western Central Atlantic	2.9 DL	2002
Polystira sunderlandi		Western Central Atlantic		1987
Polystira tellea	Delicate giant-turris	Western Atlantic.	10 DL	1889
Polystira vibex	Twilled giant-turris	Western Atlantic.	6 DL	1889
Pontiothauma abyssicola		Indo-Pacific.		1895
Pontiothauma archibenthale		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1907
Pontiothauma archibenthalis		Southwest Pacific		1907
Pontiothauma minus		Indo-Pacific.		1906
Pontiothauma mirabile		Indo-Pacific.		1895
Pontiothauma pacei		Indo-Pacific.		1906
Pontiothauma viridis		Northwest Pacific		1966
Pseudexomilus bicarinatus		Australia.		1983
Pseudexomilus costicapitata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1909
Pseudexomilus fenestratus		Western Indian Ocean		1988
Pseudexomilus fuscoapicatus		Western Indian Ocean		1997
Pseudexomilus fuscobandatus		Western Indian Ocean	0.8 SHH	2021
Pseudexomilus protemporalis		Western Indian Ocean	0.4 SHH	2021
Pseudoetrema crassicingulata		Indo-Pacific.		1913
Pseudoetrema fortilirata		Indo-Pacific.		1879
Pseudomelatoma moesta		Eastern Pacific.		1864
Pseudoraphitoma agna		Indo-Pacific.		1896
Pseudoraphitoma albula		Indo-Pacific.		1925
Pseudoraphitoma alma		Western Indian Ocean		1925
Pseudoraphitoma alticostata		Australia.		1896
Pseudoraphitoma averina		Indo-Pacific.		1901
Pseudoraphitoma axicula		Australia.		1922
Pseudoraphitoma bipyramidata		Australia.		1922
Pseudoraphitoma brionae		Indo-Pacific.		1888
Pseudoraphitoma calcata		Australia.		1909
Pseudoraphitoma castellata		Indo-Pacific.		1888
Pseudoraphitoma cognata		Indo-Pacific.		1925
Pseudoraphitoma crudelis		Western Central Pacific		1922
Pseudoraphitoma darnleyi		Western Central Pacific		1876
Pseudoraphitoma ditylota		Western Indian Ocean		1912
Pseudoraphitoma drivasi		Western Indian Ocean		1993
Pseudoraphitoma epistomifer		Western Indian Ocean		1993
Pseudoraphitoma ethekwini		Western Indian Ocean		1993
Pseudoraphitoma fairbanki		Indo-Pacific.		1875
Pseudoraphitoma fortistriata		Indo-Pacific.		1888
Pseudoraphitoma fuscescens		Indo-Pacific.		1925
Pseudoraphitoma granilirata		Indo-Pacific.		1888
Pseudoraphitoma heptagona		Indo-Pacific.		1871
Pseudoraphitoma hexagonalis		Indo-Pacific.		1845
Pseudoraphitoma informis		West Pacific		1922
Pseudoraphitoma iodolabiata		Western Indian Ocean		1929
Pseudoraphitoma kilburni		Western Indian Ocean		2001
Pseudoraphitoma mamillata		Indo-Pacific.		1888
Pseudoraphitoma multigranosa		Western Central Pacific		1913
Pseudoraphitoma naganumaensis		Northwest Pacific		1935
Pseudoraphitoma paula		Indonesia.		1925
Pseudoraphitoma perlonga		Indo-Pacific.		1899
Pseudoraphitoma phaea		Western Indian Ocean		1901
Pseudoraphitoma pyramidula		Western Central Pacific		1954
Pseudoraphitoma pyramis		Indo-Pacific.		1843
Pseudoraphitoma scitula		Indo-Pacific.		1884
Pseudoraphitoma severa		Eastern Indian Ocean		1925
Pseudoraphitoma sienna		Western Indian Ocean		1993
Pseudoraphitoma stipendiarii		Western Indian Ocean		1993
Pseudoraphitoma styracina		Western Central Pacific		1922
Pseudoraphitoma tetragona		Indo-Pacific.		1861
Pseudoraphitoma thielei		Western Indian Ocean		1993
Pseudoraphitoma transitans		Western Central Pacific		1922
Pseudoraphitoma tropica		Eastern Indian Ocean		1925
Pseudoraphitoma venusta		Western Indian Ocean		1994
Pseudotaranis hyperia		Eastern Central Pacific		1919
Pseudotaranis strongi		Eastern Central Pacific		1903
Psittacodrillia albonodulosa		South Africa.		1904
Psittacodrillia bairstowi		South Africa.		1886
Psittacodrillia diversa		Indo-Pacific.		1882
Ptychobela baynhami		Western Indian Ocean		1891
Ptychobela flavidula	Bamboo-shoot turris	Western Pacific.		1822
Ptychobela griffithii		Indo-Pacific.		1834
Ptychobela lavinia		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Ptychobela nudivaricosa		Western Central Pacific		1843
Ptychobela opisthochetos		Western Indian Ocean		1989
Ptychobela sumatrense		Eastern Indian Ocean		1852
Ptychobela suturalis		Indo-Pacific.	3.8 SHL	1838
Ptychobela zebra		Western Central Pacific		2000
Ptychosyrinx carynae		Western Central Atlantic	1.5 DL	1949
Ptychosyrinx chilensis		Eastern Pacific.		1968
Ptychosyrinx nodulosus		Indo-Pacific.		1791
Pulsarella clevei		Indo-Pacific.		1883
Pulsarella cognata		Australia.		1877
Pulsarella fultoni		Southeast Atlantic		1888
Pulsarella komakimonos		Northwest Pacific		1935
Pusionella albocinctus		Western Africa.		1851
Pusionella compacta		Western Africa.		1914
Pusionella haasi		Western Africa.		1912
Pusionella lirata		Western Africa.		1853
Pusionella lupinus		Western Africa.		1850
Pusionella nifat		Western Africa.		1789
Pusionella rapulum		Indo-Pacific.		1884
Pusionella remorata		Western Africa.		1905
Pusionella valida		Western Africa.		1852
Pusionella vulpinus		Western Africa.		1780
Pyrgocythara albovittata		Western Central Atlantic	0.6 DL	1845
Pyrgocythara angulosa		Eastern Pacific.		1971
Pyrgocythara astricta		Western Atlantic.	2 DL	1846
Pyrgocythara brevis		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1850
Pyrgocythara candidissima	Cox's turrid	Western Atlantic.		1845
Pyrgocythara caribaea		Western Atlantic.		1842
Pyrgocythara crassicostata		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1850
Pyrgocythara danae		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Pyrgocythara emersoni		Eastern Pacific.		1971
Pyrgocythara emeryi		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1953
Pyrgocythara fuscoligata		Eastern Pacific.		1856
Pyrgocythara guarani		Western Atlantic.		1841
Pyrgocythara hamata		Eastern Pacific.		1865
Pyrgocythara helena		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Pyrgocythara laqueata		Western Atlantic.		1846
Pyrgocythara macrostoma		Western Atlantic.		1846
Pyrgocythara melita		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Pyrgocythara nodulosa		Southeast Pacific.		1985
Pyrgocythara scammoni		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Pyrgocythara subdiaphana		Eastern Pacific.		1864
Pyrgocythara urceolata		Eastern Central Atlantic		1999
Pyrgocythara vicina		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1850
Pyrgospira candace		Western Atlantic.	1.0 DL	1919
Pyrgospira obeliscus		Eastern Pacific.		1843
Pyrgospira ostrearum	Oyster turrid	Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL	1872
Pyrgospira plicosa		Western Atlantic.		1850
Rectiplanes delicatus		Northwest Pacific		1992
Retidrillia willetti		Northern Pacific.		1919
Rhodopetoma diaulax		Northern Pacific.		1908
Rhodopetoma erosa		Indo-Pacific.		1862
Rhodopetoma renaudi		Indo-Pacific.		1903
Rhodopetoma rhodope		Indo-Pacific.		1919
Rissomangelia abyssicola		Mediterranean.		1844
Rissomangelia compacta		Northeast Atlantic		1977
Riuguhdrillia engonia		Indo-Pacific.		1881
Rocroithys nivea		Western Central Pacific		2001
Rocroithys perissus		Western Central Pacific		2001
Rubellatoma rufocincta		Western Central Pacific		1882
Rugobela ahiparana		Southwest Pacific		1927
Rugocythara goodallii		Northeast Atlantic		1846
Scaevatula amancioi		Eastern Central Atlantic		1992
Scaevatula pellisserpentis		Western Africa.		1990
Scrinium brazieri		Australia.		1892
Scrinium furtivum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1922
Scrinium impendens		Eastern Indian Ocean		1909
Scrinium neozelanica		Southwest Pacific		1908
Sedilia melanacme		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1882
Sediliopsis riosi		Southwest Atlantic	1.5 DL	1995
Shutonia variabilis		Western Central Pacific		1913
Sinistrella sinistralis		Western Africa.		1839
Smithiella loeviana		Northeast Atlantic		1845
Spirotropis aganactica		Atlantic Ocean.	2.5 DL	1886
Spirotropis azorica		Atlantic Ocean.		1980
Spirotropis carinata		Northeast Atlantic		1838
Spirotropis centimata		Atlantic Ocean.	2.3 DL	1889
Spirotropis ephamilla		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL	1884
Spirotropis eurytima		Western Indian Ocean		1998
Spirotropis genilda		Eastern Pacific.		1908
Spirotropis laodice		Eastern Pacific.		1919
Spirotropis limula		Indo-Pacific.		1904
Spirotropis lithocolleta		Western Atlantic	1.7 DL	1881
Spirotropis monterosatoi		Atlantic Ocean.		1897
Spirotropis patagonica		Patagonia.		1841
Spirotropis phaeacra		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1881
Spirotropis stirophora		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1881
Spirotropis studeriana		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1878
Spirotropis tmeta		Western Atlantic.		1881
Splendrillia biconica		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1962
Splendrillia espyra		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1928
Steiraxis aulaca		Eastern Pacific.		1896
Steironepion minus		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1845
Steironepion pygmaeum		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1850
Stellatoma mellissi		Eastern Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1890
Stenodrillia gundlachi		Western Atlantic.	3.4 DL	1901
Stenodrillia horrenda		Western Atlantic.	6.2 DL	1886
Stilla anomala		Southwest Pacific		1955
Stilla delicatula		Southwest Pacific		1927
Stilla fiordlandica		Southwest Pacific		1948
Stilla flexicostata		Southwest Pacific		1899
Stilla paucicostata		Southwest Pacific		1937
Striatoguraleus afonsoi		Western Indian Ocean	0.4 SHH	2021
Striatoguraleus electrinus		Southeast Atlantic		1994
Striatoguraleus himaeformis		Southeast Atlantic		1994
Striatoguraleus laticulmen		Southeast Atlantic		1994
Striatoguraleus thetis		South Africa.		1904
Striatoguraleus vellicatus		Southeast Atlantic		1994
Strictispira coltrorum		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	2006
Strictispira drangai		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL	1951
Strictispira paxillus		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1845
Strictispira quadrifasciata		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1845
Strictispira redferni		Western Atlantic.	1.8 DL	2006
Strictispira stillmani		Eastern Pacific.		1971
Strombinoturris crockeri		Eastern Pacific.		1951
Suturocythara redferni		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	2008
Suturoglypta albella		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1850
Syntomodrillia vitrea		Eastern Pacific.		1971
Taranidaphne amphitrites		Western Indian Ocean		1903
Taranidaphne dufresnei		Western Indian Ocean		2001
Taranidaphne hongkongensis		Indo-Pacific.		1889
Taranidaphne nereidum		Western Indian Ocean		1903
Taranis leptaleus		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1884
Tasmadaphne aculeola		Australia.		1915
Tasmadaphne spicula		Southwest Pacific		1954
Teleochilus royanus		Southwest Pacific		1924
Tenaturris dubia		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1845
Tenaturris epomis		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1927
Tenaturris multilineata		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1845
Tenaturris trilineata	Three-lined turrid	Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1845
Teretia acus		South Africa.		1958
Teretia anceps		South Africa.		1830

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Family: Turridae turrids(See list of species below)

Family: Turridae turrids

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