Turridrupa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Description (Original description) The solid shell has a cylindro-fusiform. Its colour is usually monochrome, sometimes brown orange or yellow. The protoconch consists of two smooth turbinate whorls, followed by a whorl ornamented with close arcuate riblets. The adult sculpture consists of numerous revolving keels, one or more of which may break up into bead rows. The fasciole (= spiral band on the edgse of a canal formed by successive growth lines) is indefinite. The siphonal notch has a short subcircular incision with a raised margin. The aperture shows revolving ridges on the palate.Hedley, C. (1922). A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum. 13 (6): 213-359
Distribution This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia.
Species Species within the genus Turridrupa include: Turridrupa acutigemmata (E.A. Smith, 1877) †Turridrupa akhaiderensis (Abbass H., 1977) Houssein L. Abbass (1977), A Monograph of new Miocene Gastropod Species in the Cairo-Suez District, Egypt; J. Univ. Kuwait (Sci.) 4, 1977 † Turridrupa albinoides (K. Martin, 1883) Turridrupa albocastanea (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa albofasciata (Smith E. A., 1877) Turridrupa albogemmata (Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2011) Turridrupa armillata (Reeve, 1845) Turridrupa astricta (Reeve, 1843) Turridrupa aureoresina (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa bijubata (Reeve, 1843) Turridrupa chinoi (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa cincta (Lamarck, 1822) Turridrupa consobrina (Powell, 1967) Turridrupa deceptrix (Hedley, 1922) Turridrupa decorata (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa diffusa (Powell, 1967) Turridrupa elongata (Watkins, 2010) Turridrupa erythraea (Weinkauff, 1875) Turridrupa fedosovi (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa gatchensis (Hervier, 1896) Turridrupa gourgueti (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa granulata (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa imitiata (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa jubata (Reeve, 1843) Turridrupa maestratii (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa magnifica (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa neojubata (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa pallurae T. Cossignani, 2023 Turridrupa polynesia (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa poppei (Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2011) Turridrupa punctolineata (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa virginiae (Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025) Turridrupa weaveri (Powell, 1967) † Turridrupa witkampi Beets, 1983
Species brought into synonymy Turridrupa barkliensis H. Adams, 1869: synonym of Drillia barkliensis (H. Adams, 1869) Turridrupa cerithina (Anton, 1838): synonym of Crassispira cerithina (Anton, 1838) Turridrupa fastosa (Hedley, 1907): synonym of Microdrillia fastosa (Hedley, 1907) † Turridrupa kagoshimaensis Shuto, 1965: synonym of † Otitoma kagoshimaensis (Shuto, 1965) (original combination) † Turridrupa mangaoparia Beu, 1970: synonym of † Drilliola mangaoparia (Beu, 1970) † Turridrupa maoria Powell, 1942 : synonym of † Drilliola maoria (Powell, 1942) Turridrupa nagasakiensis (Smith E. A., 1879): synonym of Inquisitor nagasakiensis (E. A. Smith, 1879) (> superseded combination) Turridrupa pertinax Hedley, 1922: synonym of Microdrillia pertinax (Hedley, 1922) (original combination) Turridrupa prestoni (Powell, 1967): synonym of Turridrupa jubata (Reeve, 1843) (junior subjective synonym)
References
Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23 Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167–320. Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
External links
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308 Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.