Tudicla


Tudicla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tudiclidae, the true whelks.

Description

The shell is fusiform. The spire is very short, the apex papillary. The aperture is oval. The siphonal canal is very long and straight. The columella is smooth, flattened and with a single fold at the fore part.
The papillary apex of the spire, the single plait on the columella, and the long straight beak, are the chief characteristics of this genus.

Species

;Synonyms:
Subgenus Tudicla H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Tudicula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Tudivasum Rosenberg & Petit, 1987 Tudicla kurtzi Macpherson, 1964: synonym of Tudivasum kurtzi Tudicla spinosa H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Tudivasum spinosum Tudicla armigera A. Adams, 1856: synonym of Tudivasum armigerum Tudicla blosvillei : synonym of Lataxiena blosvillei Tudicla carinata Röding, 1798: synonym of Tudicla spirillus Tudicla gutturnia Röding, 1798: synonym of Ranularia gutturnia