Excerpt from Manual of Onchology, Structural and Systematic, Vol. 4: With Illustrations of the Species; Nassidæ, Turbinellidæ, Volutidæ, Mitridæ
The following subgenera may be retained as convenient group designations, although the species, varying much in their sculpture cannot always be positively assigned.
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