Revision of the genus Turrancilla (Neogastropoda: Olivoidea: Ancillariidae) in an integrative taxonomy framework

Turrancilla, a small genus of Ancillariidae, is revised based on molecular (partial cox1 sequences) and morphological data. Six species are attributed to the genus based on both molecular and morphological evidence, including one new species, T. heraldei sp. nov., from the Philippines. Two additional species are included based on morphological data alone. The status of one of these, T. apicalis Kira, 1959, from Japan, remains uncertain pending further data. One species, T. williamsoni Petuch, 1987, is excluded and provisionally assigned to Amalda. In conchological characteristics, Turrancilla can closely resemble Amalda but is readily distinguished by its radular features. The genus is primarily confined to upper bathyal depths of the Pacific, with one species, T. akontistes reaching western Indian Ocean (from Zanzibar to Mozambique and Madagascar) and one, T. sibuetae, recorded in the eastern Atlantic.

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Zootaxa
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2025-06-18
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.1
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Marine Biology and Ecology Research
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Revision of the genus Turrancilla (Neogastropoda: Olivoidea: Ancillariidae) in an integrative taxonomy framework

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Revision of the genus Turrancilla (Neogastropoda: Olivoidea: Ancillariidae) in an integrative taxonomy framework

Nicolas Puillandre, Yuri Kantor, Giorgio Strano, FRED VERVAET, Mélanie van Weddingen
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Turrancilla, a small genus of Ancillariidae, is revised based on molecular (partial cox1 sequences) and morphological data. Six species are attributed to the genus based on both molecular and morphological evidence, including one new species, T. heraldei sp. nov., from the Philippines. Two additional species are included based on morphological data alone. The status of one of these, T. apicalis Kira, 1959, from Japan, remains uncertain pending further data. One species, T. williamsoni Petuch, 1987, is excluded and provisionally assigned to Amalda. In conchological characteristics, Turrancilla can closely resemble Amalda but is readily distinguished by its radular features. The genus is primarily confined to upper bathyal depths of the Pacific, with one species, T. akontistes reaching western Indian Ocean (from Zanzibar to Mozambique and Madagascar) and one, T. sibuetae, recorded in the eastern Atlantic.

ZootaxaVol. 5647(5)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Russian Academy of Sciences (RU), École Pratique des Hautes Études (FR), Sorbonne Université (FR), Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze (IT), Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (FR), 657 Oslo (NO), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (FR), Délégation Paris 6 (FR), Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze (IT), Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution (RU), Museo Galileo (IT), Musée national d'histoire naturelle Luxembourg (LU), Laboratoire Médiations (FR), University of Florence (IT), Université des Antilles (GP)
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