Turbonillinae Bronn, 1849
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https://doi.org/10.5324/fn.v34i0.1672 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/626F87DD-F07E-FFE4-1010-FB668BADF89E |
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Felipe |
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Turbonillinae Bronn, 1849 |
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Subfamily Turbonillinae Bronn, 1849 View in CoL .
Pyramidellids with elongated, turreted shells, a single columellar ‘tooth’ and large exposed protoconch with its axis at more or less 90° axis of the theleoconch.
Key to the genera of Turbonillinae View in CoL , based on shell morphology
1a. Shell smooth, or with very fine spiral sculpture in
addition to growth lines ...................................................2 1b. Shell with axial sculpture ................................................3
2a. Shell long with numerous whorls ...................... Eulimella 2b. Shell small and smooth with shouldered whorls,
planorboid protoconch, usually missing
......... Bacteridium (Incertae sedis)
3a. Shell with only axial sculpture ......................... Turbonilla View in CoL
3b. Shell with both axial and spiral sculpture ........ Pyrgiscus View in CoL
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