Guildfordia
Guildfordia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
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.Distribution
This marine genus occurs off the Philippines, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Eastern Indian Ocean, Oceania, and off Australia.Species
Species within the genus Guildfordia include:- Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979 - Aculeate Star Turban
- † Guildfordia hendersoni
- † Guildfordia megapex
- † Guildfordia ostarrichi Pacaud, 2017
- Guildfordia radians Dekker, 2008
- † Guildfordia subfimbriata
- Guildfordia superba Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2005 - Superb Star Turban
- Guildfordia triumphans - Triumphant Star Turban
- Guildfordia yoka Jousseaume, 1899 - Yoka Star Turban
- Guildfordia delicata Habe & Okutani, 1983: synonym of Guildfordia yoka Jousseaume, 1888
- Guildfordia gloriosa Kuroda & Habe in Kira, 1961: synonym of Bolma henica
- Guildfordia heliophorus Gray: synonym of Astraea heliotropium
- Guildfordia kurzi Petuch, 1980 - Kurz's Star Turban: synonym of Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979
- Guildfordia tagaroae Alf & Kreipl, 2006: synonym of Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979
- ''Guildfordia monilifera''