Turbinellidae
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| Turbinellidae | |
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| Turbinella pyrum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Turbinellidae Swainson, 1835 |
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Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators.[2]
Species in this family are found worldwide, mostly in tropical shallow waters but some in deep waters.
