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Family: Turridae turrids (See list of species below)

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40 species in Atlantic, Northeast with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Agathotoma finalis []	No picture found Ancistrosyrinx clytotropis []	No picture found Aphanitoma mariottinii []
No picture found Bathybela nudator []	Belaturricula gaini []	No picture found Cenodagreutes aethus []
No picture found Cenodagreutes coccyginus []	No picture found Clathrodrillia gibbosus []	No picture found Comarmondia gracilis []
Crassispira sacerdotalis []	No picture found Curtitoma ovalis []	No picture found Cythara thapsiae []
No picture found Cytharella coarctata []	No picture found Fehria taprurensis []	Fusiturris similis []
No picture found Haedropleura flexicosta []	No picture found Haedropleura forbesi []	No picture found Haedropleura secalinum []
No picture found Haedropleura septangularis []	No picture found Lusitanops macrapex []	No picture found Mangiliella coerulans []
No picture found Mangiliella indistincta []	No picture found Microdrillia crispata []	No picture found Micropleurotoma travailleuri []
No picture found Neopleurotomoides callembryon []	No picture found Neopleurotomoides distincta []	No picture found Obesotoma gigantea []
No picture found Obesotoma tumida []	No picture found Phymorhynchus carinatus []	No picture found Phymorhynchus moskalevi []
No picture found Phymorhynchus ovatus []	No picture found Pleurotomoides imperati []	No picture found Pleurotomoides lyciaca []
No picture found Rissomangelia compacta []	No picture found Rugocythara goodallii []	No picture found Smithiella loeviana []
No picture found Spirotropis carinata []	No picture found Teretia teres []	No picture found Teretiopsis thaumastopsis []
No picture found Thesbia nana []

40 Species of Family Turridae
(turrids)

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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Agathotoma finalis	Northeast Atlantic
Ancistrosyrinx clytotropis	Northeast Atlantic
Aphanitoma mariottinii	Northeast Atlantic and th
Bathybela nudator	Atlantic Ocean	4.9 DL
Belaturricula gaini	Northeast Atlantic and An	3.3 DL
Cenodagreutes aethus	Northeast Atlantic
Cenodagreutes coccyginus	Northeast Atlantic
Clathrodrillia gibbosus	Northeast Atlantic
Comarmondia gracilis	Northeast Atlantic and th
Crassispira sacerdotalis	Eastern Atlantic
Curtitoma ovalis	Atlantic Ocean.	0.46 DL
Cythara thapsiae	Northeast Atlantic
Cytharella coarctata	Northeast Atlantic
Fehria taprurensis	Northeast Atlantic and th
Fusiturris similis	Northeast Atlantic and th
Haedropleura flexicosta	Northeast Atlantic and th
Haedropleura forbesi	Northeast Atlantic
Haedropleura secalinum	Northeast Atlantic
Haedropleura septangularis	Northeast Atlantic and th
Lusitanops macrapex	Northeast Atlantic
Mangiliella coerulans	Northeast Atlantic
Mangiliella indistincta	Northeast Atlantic
Microdrillia crispata	Mediterranean and Atlanti	0.5 TL
Micropleurotoma travailleuri	Northeast Atlantic
Neopleurotomoides callembryon	Atlantic Ocean.	0.31 DL
Neopleurotomoides distincta	Northeast Atlantic
Obesotoma gigantea	Northeast Atlantic
Obesotoma tumida	North Atlantic	1.1 DL
Phymorhynchus carinatus	Atlantic Ocean.
Phymorhynchus moskalevi	Atlantic Ocean.	3.9 DL
Phymorhynchus ovatus	Northeast Atlantic.
Pleurotomoides imperati	Northeast Atlantic
Pleurotomoides lyciaca	Northeast Atlantic
Rissomangelia compacta	Northeast Atlantic
Rugocythara goodallii	Northeast Atlantic
Smithiella loeviana	Northeast Atlantic
Spirotropis carinata	Northeast Atlantic
Teretia teres	Northeast Atlantic and th
Teretiopsis thaumastopsis	Atlantic Ocean.	1 DL
Thesbia nana	Northeast Atlantic and th

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