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 (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Species
Species within the genus Guildfordia include:


 * Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979 - Aculeate Star Turban
 * † Guildfordia hendersoni (Marwick, 1934)
 * † Guildfordia megapex (Beu, 1970)
 * † Guildfordia ostarrichi Pacaud, 2017
 * Guildfordia radians Dekker, 2008
 * † Guildfordia subfimbriata (Suter, 1917)
 * Guildfordia superba Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2005 - Superb Star Turban
 * Guildfordia triumphans (Philippi, 1841) - Triumphant Star Turban
 * Guildfordia yoka Jousseaume, 1888 - Yoka Star Turban
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Guildfordia delicata Habe & Okutani, 1983 : synonym of Guildfordia yoka Jousseaume, 1888
 * Guildfordia gloriosa Kuroda & Habe in Kira, 1961 : synonym of Bolma henica (Watson, 1885)
 * Guildfordia heliophorus Gray : synonym of Astraea heliotropium (Martyn, 1784)
 * 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
 * Taxon inquirendum:
 * Guildfordia monilifera (Hedley & Willey, 1896) (possibly a synonym of Guildfordia aculeata)