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Family: Mathildidae (See list of species below)

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54 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Mathilda amaea []	No picture found Mathilda argentina []	No picture found Mathilda barbadensis [Barbados mathilda]
No picture found Mathilda bieleri []	No picture found Mathilda boucheti []	No picture found Mathilda brevicula []
No picture found Mathilda cancellata []	No picture found Mathilda carystia []	No picture found Mathilda cerea []
No picture found Mathilda cochlaeformis []	No picture found Mathilda coronata []	No picture found Mathilda cryptostoma []
No picture found Mathilda curvata []	No picture found Mathilda decorata []	No picture found Mathilda fusca []
No picture found Mathilda gemmulata []	No picture found Mathilda gemmulifera []	No picture found Mathilda gennulifera []
No picture found Mathilda georgiana []	No picture found Mathilda globulifera []	No picture found Mathilda granifera []
No picture found Mathilda hendersoni []	No picture found Mathilda houbricki []	No picture found Mathilda japonica []
No picture found Mathilda lacteosa []	No picture found Mathilda letei []	No picture found Mathilda maculosa []
No picture found Mathilda magellanica []	No picture found Mathilda malvinarum []	No picture found Mathilda maoria []
No picture found Mathilda quadricarinata []	No picture found Mathilda quinquelirata []	No picture found Mathilda reticulata []
No picture found Mathilda retusa []	No picture found Mathilda rhigomaches []	No picture found Mathilda richeri []
No picture found Mathilda rushii []	No picture found Mathilda sagamiensis []	No picture found Mathilda salve []
No picture found Mathilda scalaris []	No picture found Mathilda scitula []	No picture found Mathilda trochlea []
No picture found Mathilda vanaartseni []	No picture found Mathilda yucatecana [Yucatan mathilda]	No picture found Opimilda cancellata []
No picture found Tuba fuscocincta []	No picture found Tuba jeffreysi []	No picture found Tuba valkyrie []
No picture found Turritellopsis floridana []	No picture found Turritellopsis gratissima []	No picture found Turritellopsis latior []
No picture found Turritellopsis marplatensis []	No picture found Turritellopsis stimpsoni [Needle turretsnail]	No picture found Turritellopsis thielei []

54 Species of Family Mathildidae
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Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Mathilda amaea		Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Mathilda argentina		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.22 DL
Mathilda barbadensis	Barbados mathilda	Atlantic Ocean.	0.8 DL
Mathilda bieleri		Mediterranean Sea.
Mathilda boucheti		Western Central Pacific
Mathilda brevicula		Western Central Pacific
Mathilda cancellata		Western Pacific
Mathilda carystia		Indo-West Pacific
Mathilda cerea		Western Pacific
Mathilda cochlaeformis		Mediterranean Sea.
Mathilda coronata		Mediterranean Sea.
Mathilda cryptostoma		Western Atlantic.	0.15 DL
Mathilda curvata		Western Atlantic.
Mathilda decorata		Indo-West Pacific.
Mathilda fusca		Western Pacific
Mathilda gemmulata		Mediterranean Sea.
Mathilda gemmulifera		Northwest Pacific
Mathilda gennulifera		Western Central Pacific
Mathilda georgiana		Western Atlantic.	0.95 DL
Mathilda globulifera		Western Atlantic.	0.52 DL
Mathilda granifera		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL
Mathilda hendersoni		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Mathilda houbricki		Western Central Pacific
Mathilda japonica		Western Central Pacific
Mathilda lacteosa		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Mathilda letei		Mediterranean Sea.
Mathilda maculosa		Western Central Pacific
Mathilda magellanica		Eastern Pacific.	0.3 DL
Mathilda malvinarum		Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.4 DL
Mathilda maoria		Western Pacific
Mathilda quadricarinata		Mediterranean Sea.
Mathilda quinquelirata		Western Central Pacific
Mathilda reticulata		Western Atlantic.
Mathilda retusa		Mediterranean Sea.
Mathilda rhigomaches		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Mathilda richeri		Western Central Pacific
Mathilda rushii		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Mathilda sagamiensis		Western Central Pacific
Mathilda salve		Indo-Pacific
Mathilda scalaris		Western Pacific
Mathilda scitula		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Mathilda trochlea		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL
Mathilda vanaartseni		Western Atlantic.	0.52 DL
Mathilda yucatecana	Yucatan mathilda	Western Central Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Opimilda cancellata		Western Central Pacific	2 ShH
Tuba fuscocincta		Indo-West Pacific
Tuba jeffreysi		Mediterranean Sea.	0.6 DL
Tuba valkyrie		Indo-Pacific.
Turritellopsis floridana		Western Central Atlantic
Turritellopsis gratissima		Western Atlantic and Indi	1 DL
Turritellopsis latior		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Turritellopsis marplatensis		Western Atlantic.	0.42 DL
Turritellopsis stimpsoni	Needle turretsnail	Northern Atlantic and the
Turritellopsis thielei		Western Atlantic.	0.93 DL

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