The Turridae Family includes 192 species comprising 24 genus (Polystira (25 species), Unedogemmula (21), Turridrupa (17), Turris (16), Lophiotoma (14), Annulaturris (14), ...)

Phylum      : Mollusca
 Class       : ⤷Gastropoda 
  Subclass    : ⤷Caenogastropoda 
   Order       : ⤷Neogastropoda 
    Superfamily : ⤷Conoidea 
     Family      : ⤷Turridae

Common name : turrids

Aspect : narrow and fusiform, with an elongate, high spire and a long, slender siphonal canal; key feature is the turrid notch—a V-shaped sinus or indentation at the upper end of the outer lip; narrow and elongate aperture

Feeding : carnivorous predators (polychaete worms, other mollusks, and sometimes crustaceans)

Environment : worldwide, from intertidal zones to deep-sea depths exceeding 1,000 meters, with a strong presence in the Indo-Pacific tropics in soft sediments (sand or mud) or rocky substrates

Lophiotoma acuta (Perry, 1811)

Total collection for Turridae : 1 species (6 shells in total)