Turcicula

Turcicula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Calliotropidae
Genus:	Turcicula Dall, 1881

Turcicula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calliotropidae.^[1]

Turcicula has become a synonym of Lischkeia P. Fischer, 1879 ^[2]

Species

Species brought into synonymy 

• Turcicula alicei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896):^[3] synonym of Lischkeia alicei (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
• Turcicula argenteonitens (Lischke, 1872): synonym of Ginebis argenteonitens (Lischke, 1872)
• Turcicula imperialis (Dall, 1881): synonym of Lischkeia imperialis (Dall, 1881)
• Turcicula japonica Dall, 1925: synonym of Ginebis japonica (Dall, 1925)
• Turcicula miranda (Locard, 1898):^[4] synonym of Lischkeia miranda (Locard, 1897)

References

1. Turcicula Dall, 1881.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
2. Bouchet, P. (2010). Lischkeia P. Fischer, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159904 on 2011-03-01
3. Turcicula alicei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
4. Turcicula miranda (Locard, 1898).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.

External links

• Quinn J.F. Jr (1979). Biological results of the University of Miami deep-sea expeditions. 130. The systematics & zoogeography of the gastropod family Trochidae collected in the Straits of Florida & its approaches. Malacologia, 19(1): 1-62
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213