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Turbinidae

Index Turbinidae

Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea. [1]

56 relations: Angaria (gastropod), Antoine Risso, Aperture (mollusc), Archaeogastropoda, Astraea (gastropod), Astralium, Bellastraea, Bolma, Calcareous, Clade, Colloniidae, Common name, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Cookia, Corneous, Family (biology), Gastropod shell, Gastropoda, Guildfordia, Latin, Lithopoma, Lunella, Margaritidae, Megastraea, Modelia, Moelleria, Mollusca, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Ocean, Operculum (gastropod), Permian, Phanerolepida, Phasianelloidea, Phenotypic trait, Pomaulax, Predation, Primitive (phylogenetics), Prisogaster, Prosobranchia, Skeneidae, Taxonomic rank, Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), Tegulidae, Top, Trochidae, Trochoidea (superfamily), Tropidomarga, Turban, Turbine, Turbinidae, ..., Turbinoidea, Turbo (gastropod), Turbo cornutus, Uvanilla, Yaronia, Zoologica Scripta. Expand index (6 more) »

Angaria (gastropod)

Angaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Angariidae.

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Antoine Risso

Giuseppe Antonio Risso (8 April 1777 – 25 August 1845), called Antoine Risso, was a Niçard naturalist.

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Aperture (mollusc)

The aperture is an opening in certain kinds of mollusc shells: it is the main opening of the shell, where the head-foot part of the body of the animal emerges for locomotion, feeding, etc.

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Archaeogastropoda

Archaeogastropoda (also known as Aspidobranchiahttp://www.answers.com/topic/aspidobranchia-invertebrate-zoology) was a taxonomic order of sea snails used in older classifications of gastropods, i.e. snails and slugs.

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Astraea (gastropod)

Astraea is a genus of medium to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Astralium

Astralium, common name star snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails and star snails.

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Bellastraea

Bellastraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Bolma

Bolma is a genus of medium to large sea snails with a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Calcareous

Calcareous is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky.

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Clade

A clade (from κλάδος, klados, "branch"), also known as monophyletic group, is a group of organisms that consists of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants, and represents a single "branch" on the "tree of life".

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Colloniidae

Colloniidae is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.

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Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, trivial name, trivial epithet, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; this kind of name is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is Latinized.

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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe (October 22, 1783 – September 18, 1840), was a nineteenth-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France.

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Cookia

Cookia is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Corneous

Corneous is a biological and medical term meaning horny, in other words made out of a substance similar to that of horns and hooves in some mammals.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Gastropod shell

The gastropod shell is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc.

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Gastropoda

The gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca, called Gastropoda.

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Guildfordia

Guildfordia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lithopoma

Lithopoma is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails with a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Lunella

Lunella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Margaritidae

Margaritidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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Megastraea

Megastraea is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails with a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Modelia

Modelia is a genus of medium to large sea snails in which the shell has a pearly interior and the snail has a calcareous operculum; marine gastropod mollusks, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Moelleria

Moelleria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colloniidae.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.

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National Center for Biotechnology Information

The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Ocean

An ocean (the sea of classical antiquity) is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere.

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Operculum (gastropod)

The operculum, meaning little lid, (plural: opercula or operculums) is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor which exists in many (but not all) groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails.

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Permian

The Permian is a geologic period and system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic period 251.902 Mya.

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Phanerolepida

Phanerolepida is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Phasianelloidea

Phasianelloidea is a superfamily of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.

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Phenotypic trait

A phenotypic trait, or simply trait, is a distinct variant of a phenotypic characteristic of an organism; it may be either inherited or determined environmentally, but typically occurs as a combination of the two.

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Pomaulax

Pomaulax is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).

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Primitive (phylogenetics)

In phylogenetics, a primitive (or ancestral) character, trait, or feature of a lineage or taxon is one that is inherited from the common ancestor of a clade (or clade group) and has undergone little change since.

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Prisogaster

Prisogaster is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Prosobranchia

Prosobranchia was a large taxonomic subclass of sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails.

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Skeneidae

The Skeneidae are a family of minute to small marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.

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Taxonomic rank

In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy.

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Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised in 2005 by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is a system for the scientific classification of gastropod mollusks.

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Tegulidae

Tegulidae is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Trochoidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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Top

A spinning top is a toy designed to spin rapidly on the ground, the motion of which causes it to remain precisely balanced on its tip because of its rotational inertia.

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Trochidae

The Trochidae, common name top-snails or top-shells, are a taxonomic family of very small to large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi from 2005).

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Trochoidea (superfamily)

Trochoidea is a superfamily of small to very large vetigastropod sea snails with gills and an operculum.

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Tropidomarga

Tropidomarga is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

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Turban

A turban (from Persian دولبند‌, dulband; via Middle French turbant) is a type of headwear based on cloth winding.

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Turbine

A turbine (from the Latin turbo, a vortex, related to the Greek τύρβη, tyrbē, meaning "turbulence") is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work.

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Turbinidae

Turbinidae, the turban snails, are a family of small to large marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Trochoidea.

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Turbinoidea

Turbinoidea was a superfamily of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

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Turbo (gastropod)

Turbo is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Turbo cornutus

Turbo cornutus, common name the horned turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.

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Uvanilla

Uvanilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Yaronia

Yaronia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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Zoologica Scripta

Zoologica Scripta is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal on systematic zoology, published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

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Prisogasterinae, Skeneinae, Turban shell, Turban snail, Turbininae, Wart turbans.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinidae

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