Xenuroturris kingae
| Xenuroturris kingae | |
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| Shell of Xenuroturris kingae (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Xenuroturris |
| Species: | X. kingae
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| Binomial name | |
| Xenuroturris kingae A.W.B. Powell, 1964
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Xenuroturris kingae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Taxonomy
The species was known also as Iotyrris kingae. The genus Iotyrris was synonymized with Xenuroturris in 2024 following a comprehensive phylogenetic revision of the family Turridae.[2] Iotyrris had originally been distinguished from Xenuroturris based on radular morphology; while species of Xenuroturris were characterized by "duplex" marginal radular teeth, those assigned to Iotyrris possessed "semi-enrolled" marginal teeth.[2]
However, molecular analyses utilizing exon-capture data demonstrated that these radular traits were homoplastic and not consistent with the phylogeny.[2] The study found that species possessing duplex teeth (such as X. olangoensis, X. kingae, and X. notata) fell into the same well-supported clade as species with semi-enrolled teeth.[2] Because the radular morphology was found to lack diagnostic value at the generic level,[3] Iotyrris was reduced to a synonym of Xenuroturris.[4]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
X. kingae has been found off the Hawaiian Islands, Christmas Island and the Philippines.
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Xenuroturris kingae A. W. B. Powell, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435245 on 2026-01-10
- ^ a b c d Kantor et al. 2024, p. 13.
- ^ Kantor et al. 2024, p. 36.
- ^ Kantor et al. 2024, p. 1.
Sources
- Kantor, Yuri; Bouchet, Philippe; Fedosov, Alexander; Puillandre, Nicolas; Zaharias, Paul (2024). "Generic revision of the Recent Turridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea)" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 90 (5) eyae032. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyae032.
- Medinskaya, A.A., & Sysoev, A.V. 2001. The foregut anatomy of the genus Xenuroturris (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Turridae), with a description of a new genus. Ruthenica 11: 7-14.
- Powell, A. W. B. 1964. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1. (5): 227–346; 1 (7): 409–454.
External links
- Abdelkrim, J.; Aznar-Cormano, L.; Buge, B.; Fedosov, A.; Kantor, Y.; Zaharias, P.; Puillandre, N. (2018). Delimiting species of marine gastropods (Turridae, Conoidea) using RAD sequencing in an integrative taxonomy framework. Molecular Ecology. 27(22): 4591-4611
- Gastropods.com: Lophiotoma (Xenuroturris) kingae