Turcica
Genus of gastropods
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Turcica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eucyclidae.[2]
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Turcica monilifera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Eucyclidae |
| Genus: | Turcica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Turcica monilifera A. Adams, 1854 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ptychostylis Gabb, 1865 | |
Kano et al. (2009) have argued that Turcica belongs in the family Calliotropidae.[3]
Description
Distribution
The genus ranges on both shores of the Pacific, from California and Australia northward.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species are included within the genus Turcica :
- Turcica admirabilis Berry, 1969
- Turcica caffea (Gabb, 1865)
- Turcica imperialis A. Adams, 1854
- Turcica monilifera A. Adams, 1854
- Species brought into synonymy
- Turcica (Perrinia) Adams, 1854: synonym of Perrinia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Turcica coreensis Pease, 1860: synonym of Turcica monilifera A. Adams, 1854
- Turcica helix Barnard, 1964: synonym of Herpetopoma helix (Barnard, 1964)
- Turcica instricta A. Adams 1864: synonym of Herpetopoma instrictum (Gould, 1849)
- Turcica konos Barnard, 1964: synonym of Perrinia konos (Barnard, 1964)
- Turcica salpinx Barnard, 1964: synonym of Clypeostoma salpinx (Barnard, 1964)
- Turcica stellata A. Adams, 1864:[5] synonym of Perrinia stellata (A. Adams, 1864)
- † Turcica (Perrinia) waiwailevensis Ladd, 1982: synonym of Herpetopoma xeniolum (Melvill, 1918)