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Family: Turbanellidae (See list of species below)

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36 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Desmodasys abyssalis []	No picture found Desmodasys borealis []	No picture found Desmodasys phocoides []
No picture found Dinodasys mirabilis []	No picture found Paraturbanella aggregotubulata []	No picture found Paraturbanella armoricana []
No picture found Paraturbanella cuanensis []	No picture found Paraturbanella dohrni []	No picture found Paraturbanella eireanna []
No picture found Paraturbanella intermedia []	No picture found Paraturbanella microptera []	No picture found Paraturbanella pallida []
No picture found Paraturbanella scanica []	No picture found Paraturbanella solitaria []	No picture found Paraturbanella stradbroki []
No picture found Paraturbanella teissieri []	No picture found Prostobuccantia brocha []	No picture found Pseudoturbanella stylifera []
No picture found Turbanella ambronensis []	No picture found Turbanella bocqueti []	No picture found Turbanella brusci []
No picture found Turbanella cornuta []	No picture found Turbanella hyalina []	No picture found Turbanella lutheri []
No picture found Turbanella multidigitata []	No picture found Turbanella mustela []	No picture found Turbanella ocellata []
No picture found Turbanella otti []	No picture found Turbanella pacifica []	No picture found Turbanella petiti []
No picture found Turbanella plana []	No picture found Turbanella pontica []	No picture found Turbanella remanei []
No picture found Turbanella subterrenea []	No picture found Turbanella thiophila []	No picture found Turbanella veneziana []

36 Species of Family Turbanellidae
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Scientific Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Desmodasys abyssalis	Eastern Pacific
Desmodasys borealis	Northeast Atlantic	0.053 TL
Desmodasys phocoides	Northeast Atlantic
Dinodasys mirabilis	Northeast Atlantic.	0.044 BL
Paraturbanella aggregotubulata	Western Atlantic and the
Paraturbanella armoricana	Northeast Atlantic
Paraturbanella cuanensis	Northeast Atlantic
Paraturbanella dohrni	Northeast Atlantic and th
Paraturbanella eireanna	Northeast Atlantic
Paraturbanella intermedia	Northeast Atlantic	0.056 TL
Paraturbanella microptera	Mediterranean Sea.
Paraturbanella pallida	Southeast Pacific, Northe
Paraturbanella scanica	Northeast Atlantic	0.095 TL
Paraturbanella solitaria	Eastern Central Pacific	0.0531 TL
Paraturbanella stradbroki	Western Central Pacific	0.0665 TL
Paraturbanella teissieri	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.0446 TL
Prostobuccantia brocha	Western Central Atlantic	0.055 TL
Pseudoturbanella stylifera	Northeast Atlantic
Turbanella ambronensis	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.0433 TL
Turbanella bocqueti	Atlantic Ocean and the Me
Turbanella brusci	Western Central Pacific	0.1002 TL
Turbanella cornuta	Mediterranean and norther	0.1 TL
Turbanella hyalina	Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Turbanella lutheri	Northeast Atlantic
Turbanella multidigitata	Northeast Atlantic
Turbanella mustela	Northeast Pacific	0.045 TL
Turbanella ocellata	Western Atlantic
Turbanella otti	Northeast Atlantic
Turbanella pacifica	Eastern Pacific.
Turbanella petiti	Mediterranean Sea
Turbanella plana	Northeast Atlantic
Turbanella pontica	Mediterranean and Black S
Turbanella remanei	Northeast Atlantic
Turbanella subterrenea	Northeast Atlantic, Medit
Turbanella thiophila	Northeast Atlantic and th	0.1036 TL
Turbanella veneziana	Mediterranean Sea

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