Guildfordia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
Description
The imperforate shell is wheel-shaped. It is low-conic and granulose above, convex below. The periphery is armed with long slender radiating spines, which are concealed at the sutures. The operculum is flat, with a subobsolete arcuate rib outside. The central tooth of the radula has no cusps.[2]
Distribution
This marine genus occurs off the Philippines, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Eastern Indian Ocean, Oceania, and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
Species
Species within the genus Guildfordia include:
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Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979[3] - Aculeate Star Turban
- † Guildfordia hendersoni (Marwick, 1934)
- † Guildfordia megapex (Beu, 1970)
- † Guildfordia ostarrichi Pacaud, 2017
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Guildfordia radians Dekker, 2008[4]
- † Guildfordia subfimbriata (Suter, 1917)
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Guildfordia superba Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2005[5] - Superb Star Turban
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Guildfordia triumphans (Philippi, 1841)[6] - Triumphant Star Turban
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Guildfordia yoka Jousseaume, 1888[7] - Yoka Star Turban
- Species brought into synonymy
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Guildfordia delicata Habe & Okutani, 1983: synonym of Guildfordia yoka Jousseaume, 1888
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Guildfordia gloriosa Kuroda & Habe in Kira, 1961: synonym of Bolma henica (Watson, 1885)
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Guildfordia heliophorus Gray: synonym of Astraea heliotropium (Martyn, 1784)
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Guildfordia kurzi Petuch, 1980 - Kurz's Star Turban: synonym of Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979
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Guildfordia tagaroae Alf & Kreipl, 2006:[8] synonym of Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979
- Taxon inquirendum
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Guildfordia monilifera (Hedley & Willey, 1896) (possibly a synonym of Guildfordia aculeata)
References
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^ Guildfordia Gray, 1850. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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^ Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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^ Guildfordia radians Dekker, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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^ Guildfordia superba Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2005. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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^ Guildfordia triumphans (Philippi, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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^ Guildfordia yoka Jousseaume, 1888. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
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^ Guildfordia tagaroae Alf & Kreipl, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
- Marwick, J. (1934) Some New Zealand Tertiary Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 21, 10–21, 2 pls.
- Beu, A. G. (1970). Descriptions of new species and notes on taxonomy of New Zealand Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Earth Science. 7: 113-136
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104-245
