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>The most highly populated family is undoubtedly Turridae, with perhaps
>15% of the grand total, i think- although recently there have been
>proposals to split up the family: Can anyone summarize these
>developments for all of us?
Time to change your catalogs and cabinets, because the Turridae has been
dismembered into several other families:
Drillidae
Drillia
Bellaspira
Cerodrillia
Kylix
Splendrillia
and others
Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatoma
Strictispiridae
Strictispira
Turridae
Antiplanes
Cochlespira
Compsodrillia
Crassispira
Gemmula
Inodrillia
Pilsbryspira
and others
Conidae!
Agathatoma
Bathytoma
Borsonella
Clathurella
Cryoturris
Daphnella
Glyphostoma
Kurtziella
Mangelia
Oenopota
Propebela
and others
Just what we need, more cones.
* G Thomas Watters *
* Ohio Biological Survey & *
* Aquatic Ecology Laboratory *
* Ohio State University *
* 1315 Kinnear Rd. *
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