Turrisipho lachesis
Appearance
Turrisipho lachesis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Colidae |
Genus: | Turrisipho |
Species: | T. lachesis
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Binomial name | |
Turrisipho lachesis (Mørch, 1869)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Turrisipho lachesis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 44.1 mm. The shell is pinkish white under a coriaceous epidermis. [2]
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Distribution
Range: 74°N to 46.08°N; 78°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands ; also off Norway and the Barents Sea
References
- ^ a b Turrisipho lachesis (Mørch, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1880-1881) Manual of Conchology III, Academy of natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links
- Mörch, O. A. L. (1869). Description de trois Fusus nouveaux du Gröenland. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17(4): 397-399
- Posselt, H.J. (1898) Groenlands Brachiopoder og Bloeddyr. Meddelelser om Groenland, 23, 1–298 pp., 2 pls
- Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296
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