Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Thais lamellosa		Northeast Pacific
Thais luteostoma	Granulated dogwhelk	Northwest Pacific.		1803
Thais mancinella	Mancinella rock-shell	Indo-West Pacific	5.5 ShH	1758
Thais muricoides		Indo-West Pacific		1832
Thais nodosa	Nodose rock shell	Eastern Atlantic		1758
Thais rufotincta		Southeast Asia		1996
Thais rugosa		Indo-West Pacific		1798
Thais speciosa		Indo-West Pacific		1832
Thais triangularis		Indo-West Pacific		1832
Thais tuberosa	Tuberose rock shell	Indo-Pacific.	6 ShH	1798
Thais virgata		Indo-West Pacific		1817
Thaisella chocolata	Chocolate rock shell	Southeast Pacific	9.7 TL	1832
Thaisella coronata		Atlantic Ocean.	4.8 DL	1816
Thaisella trinitatensis		Western Atlantic.	4.7 DL	1869
Thalessa aculeata	Aculeate rock shell	Indo-Pacific	6 SHL	1844
Thracia nitida		Western Atlantic.		1884
Timbellus miyokoae		Western Atlantic.		1979
Timbellus phyllopterus		Western Atlantic.		1822
Timbellus radwini		Western Central Atlantic	3.1 NG	1979
Timbellus xenos		Western Central Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1982
Trachypollia consanguinea		Eastern Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1890
Trachypollia didyma		Western Central Atlantic		1943
Trachypollia lugubris	Dark drupe	Eastern Pacific		1852
Trachypollia nodulosa	Blackberry drupe	Atlantic Ocean.	2 DL	1845
Trachypollia sclera		Western Atlantic	1.6 DL	1928
Trachypollia turricula	Twin drupe	Atlantic Ocean.	1.5 DL	1884
Tripterotyphis lowei		Eastern Central Pacific		1931
Tripterotyphis triangularis		Eastern Central Pacific		1856
Tromina dispectata		Southeast Pacific and Wes	0.9 DL	1990
Trophon acanthodes		Western Atlantic and East	12.5 DL	1882
Trophon aculeatus		Western Atlantic.	4.5 DL	1882
Trophon albolabratus	Antarctic trophon	Antarctic, Western Atlant	4 DL	1875
Trophon amettei		Western Atlantic.	2.8 DL	1946
Trophon araios		Western Atlantic.	4.0 DL	2007
Trophon arnaudi		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	2002
Trophon brevispira		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL	1885
Trophon cerrosensis		Western Atlantic.		1891
Trophon clenchi		Western Atlantic.	5.2 DL	1953
Trophon columbarioides		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL	2008
Trophon coulmanensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean	0.9 DL	1907
Trophon cribellum		Western Atlantic.	2.0 DL	1908
Trophon cuspidarioides		Antarctic Pacific and Ant	1.3 DL	1951
Trophon dispar		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1889
Trophon distantelamellatus		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1908
Trophon drygalskii		Indo-West Pacific, Wester	1 DL	1912
Trophon echinolamellatus		Western Atlantic.	6.4 DL	1951
Trophon fasciolarioides		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	2008
Trophon geversianus		Southeast Pacific, Southw	11.1 DL	1774
Trophon iarae		Western Atlantic.	7.5 DL	1998
Trophon lacunellus		Western Atlantic.	4.1 DL	1889
Trophon leptocharteres		Western Atlantic.	2.6 DL	1984
Trophon malvinarum		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1908
Trophon mawsoni		Antarctic Indian Ocean an		1957
Trophon minutus		Antarctic	0.9 DL	1907
Trophon mucrone		Western Atlantic.	2.8 DL	1991
Trophon nucelliformis		Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL	1984
Trophon ohlini		Southeast Pacific, Southw	1.5 DL	1904
Trophon pallidus		Southeast Pacific and Sou	3.3 DL	1833
Trophon parodizi		Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL	2005
Trophon patagonicus		Western Atlantic.	7.2 DL	1839
Trophon pelseneeri		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL	1915
Trophon plicatus	Folded trophon	Southeast Pacific and Sou	5 DL	1786
Trophon poirieria		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1951
Trophon scotianus		Western Atlantic and West	5.7 DL	1951
Trophon shackletoni		Western Atlantic and Indo	4.1 DL	1911
Trophon triacanthus		Southeast Pacific and Wes	0.3 DL	1987
Trophon truncatus		Atlantic and Pacific Ocea	2.7 DL	1768
Trophon veronicae		Western Atlantic and East		1999
Trophon verrillii		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL	1893
Trophonella eversoni		Antarctic Indian Ocean		1997
Trophonella longstaffi		Antarctic.	1.5 DL	1907
Trophonella scotiana		Antarctic.		1951
Trophonopsis alboranensis		Mediterranean Sea.		1997
Trophonopsis barvicensis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1825
Trophonopsis beringi		Arctic		1902
Trophonopsis breviata		Mediterranean Sea.		1882
Trophonopsis fabricii		Mediterranean Sea.		1842
Trophonopsis keepi		Mediterranean Sea.		1937
Trophonopsis lasius		Canada		1919
Trophonopsis muricata		Northeast Atlantic and th		1803
Trophonopsis orpheus		Northeast Atlantic and th		1849
Trophonopsis stuarti		Northeast Atlantic and th		1880
Trophonopsis truncatus		Northeast Atlantic		1768
Trubatsa alinkios		Northeast Atlantic		2021
Tylothais savignyi		Indo-West Pacific.	142 TL	1844
Typhina campbelli		Western Central Pacific		1976
Typhina clarksoni		Western Central Pacific		2021
Typhina expansa		Western Central Pacific		1874
Typhina ramosa		Western Pacific		1971
Typhinellus labiatus		Mediterranean Sea.		1832
Typhinellus mirbatensis		Western Indian Ocean		2015
Typhinellus occlussus		Western Central Pacific	3 TL	1963
Typhinellus occlusus		Western Central Pacific		1963
Typhinellus sowerbii	Frilly typhis	Atlantic Ocean.	3.1 DL	1833
Typhis belcheri		Atlantic Ocean.	1.9 DL	1833
Typhis expansus		Western Atlantic.	3.9 DL	1874
Typhis jardinreinensis		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1985
Typhis puertoricensis		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	1964
Typhis sowerbii	Sowerby's typhus	Western Atlantic.	3.1 DL	1833
Urosalpinx cala		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1897
Urosalpinx cinerea	Atlantic oyster drill	Western Atlantic and the	5.2 DL	1822
Urosalpinx haneti		Western Atlantic.	3.7 DL	1856
Urosalpinx macra	Waxy drill	East Pacific.	1.3 DL	1884
Urosalpinx perrugata	Gulf oyster drill	Western Central Atlantic	3.2 DL	1846
Urosalpinx stimpsoni		Western Atlantic.	1 DL	1927
Urosalpinx subangulata		Western Atlantic.		1873
Urosalpinx tampaensis	Tampa drill	Western Central Atlantic	2.5 DL	1846
Urosalpinx verrilli		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1927
Usilla avenacea		Southwest Pacific and Wes		1842
Vasula deltoidea		Southwest Pacific and Wes		1822
Vasula melones		Southeast Pacific and Wes		1832
Vexilla taeniata		Eastern Central Pacific		1835
Vexilla vexillum	Vexillate jopas	Indo-Pacific.	3 SHL	1791
Vexillum brandii		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL	1950
Vitularia crenifer	Crenate vitularia	Western Central Pacific	4 ShH	1861
Vitularia miliaris	Spotted vitularia	Indo-West Pacific.		1791
Vokesimurex anniae		Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL	1940
Vokesimurex bantamensis		Western Central Pacific		1895
Vokesimurex bayeri		Western Atlantic.	6.2 DL	2001
Vokesimurex bazarutensis		Western Atlantic.		2021
Vokesimurex bellegladeensis		Western Central Atlantic.	5.2 DL	1963
Vokesimurex bellus		Western Atlantic.	8 DL	1845
Vokesimurex blakeanus		Western Atlantic.	4.3 DL	1967
Vokesimurex bobyini		Western Central Pacific		1983
Vokesimurex cabritii		Western Atlantic.	7.8 DL	1859
Vokesimurex chrysostoma	Goldmouth murex	Western Atlantic.	8 DL	1834
Vokesimurex dolichourus		Indo-West Pacific		1988
Vokesimurex donmoorei	Don moore's murex	Western Atlantic.	6.2 DL	1964
Vokesimurex gallinago		Western Central Pacific		1903
Vokesimurex hamanni		Western Atlantic.	10.1 DL	1994
Vokesimurex hirasei		Western Central Pacific		1915
Vokesimurex malabaricus		Western Indian Ocean		1894
Vokesimurex messorius	Messorius murex	Western Atlantic.	7 DL	1841
Vokesimurex mindanaoensis		Western Central Pacific		1841
Vokesimurex olssoni		Western Atlantic.	5.2 DL	1967
Vokesimurex parkrynieensis		Western Atlantic.		2021
Vokesimurex rubidus		Western Atlantic.	5 DL	1897
Vokesimurex sallasi		Western Central Atlantic.	5.4 DL	1951
Vokesimurex tryoni		Western Atlantic		1880
Xanthochorus cassidiformis	Orange whelk	Southeast Pacific		1832
Xymenopsis bruceana		Western Atlantic.		1916
Xymenopsis buccinea	Whelk purpura	Western Atlantic.		1816
Xymenopsis corrugata		Western Atlantic.	3.1 DL	1848
Xymenopsis muriciformis		Southeast Pacific and Sou	4.8 DL	1832
Xymenopsis subnodosa		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL	1839
Xymenopsis tcherniai		Antarctic Indian Ocean.		1954

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