Cochlespirinae
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| A live specimen of Megasurcula carpenteriana on the sea bed | |
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| Subfamily: | Cochlespirinae Powell, 1942   | 
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Cochlespirinae was a subfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, belonging to the family Turridae,[1] commonly named turrids.
It has been raised to the rank of family Cochlespiridae Powell, 1942 [2]
Genera
Genera in the subfamily Cochlespirinae used to include:[3]
- Abyssocomitas Sysoev & Kantor, 1986
 - Aforia Dall, 1889
 - Ancistrosyrinx Dall, 1881
 - Anticomitas Powell, 1942
 - Antimelatoma Powell, 1942
 - Antiplanes Dall, 1902
 - Apiotoma Cossmann, 1889
 - Carinoturris Bartsch, 1944
 - Clavosurcula Schepman, 1913
 - Cochlespira Conrad, 1865
 - Comitas Finlay, 1926
 - Fusiturricula Woodring, 1928
 - Irenosyrinx Dall, 1908
 - Knefastia Dall, 1919
 - Leucosyrinx Dall, 1889
 - Marshallena Finlay, 1926
 - Megasurcula Casey, 1904
 - Micropleurotoma Thiele, 1929
 - Nihonia McNeil, 1961
 - Paracomitas Powell, 1942
 - Pyrgospira McLean, 1971
 - Rectiplanes Bartsch, 1944
 - Rhodopetoma Bartsch, 1944
 - Shutonia van der Bijl, 1993
 - Steiraxis Dall, 1896
 - Toxicochlespira Sysoev & Kantor, 1990
 - Vexitomina Powell, 1942
 
References
- ^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia 47(1-2). ISBN 3-925919-72-4. 397 pp.
 - ^ 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
 - ^ WoRMS - World register of marine Species
 
 
