Awheaturris
Genus of gastropods
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Awheaturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Shell of Awheaturris lozoueti (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Awheaturris Beu, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| † Awheaturris echinata Beu, 1970 | |
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Description
These species were only known from fossils in Miocene strata in the Indo-Pacific area, until Morassi & Bonfitto found a Recent species off the Philippines.
Species
Species within the genus Awheaturris include:
- † Awheaturris echinata Beu, 1970
- † Awheaturris experta (Laws, 1947)
- Awheaturris lozoueti Morassi & Bonfitto, 2013
- † Awheaturris pahaoensis Vella, 1954
- † Awheaturris quisquilia (Philippi, 1887)
