Turcica

Turcica
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Turcica monilifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Calliotropidae
Genus: Turcica
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 [1]
Type species
Turcica monilifera
A. Adams, 1854
Synonyms

Ptychostylis Gabb, 1865

Turcica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eucyclidae.[2]

Kano et al. (2009) have argued that Turcica belongs in the family Calliotropidae.[3]

  1. ^ A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1854, p. 37.
  2. ^ Turcica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 December 2018.
  3. ^ Kano, Y., Chikyu, E. & Warén, A. 2009. Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies 75: 397–418