Tritonoturris capensis

Tritonoturris capensis
Shell of Tritonoturris capensis at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Tritonoturris
Species:	T. capensis
Binomial name
Tritonoturris capensis (Smith E. A., 1882)
Synonyms
Clathurella capensis (E. A. Smith, 1882) Daphnella capensis (E. A. Smith, 1882) Defrancia capensis (E. A. Smith, 1882) Philbertia capensis (E. A. Smith, 1882) (superseded combination) Pleurotoma capensis Smith E. A., 1882 Pleurotomella ida Thiele, 1925 (junior synonym) Raphitoma ida (Thiele, 1925) Raphitoma ornatus Strebel, 1904 Trophon ornatus Turton, W.H., 1932

Tritonoturris capensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Elizabeth and False Bay, South Africa and off Mozambique.

References

• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.

External links

• Thiele J., 1925. Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. In:. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 II. Teil, vol. 17, No. 2, Gustav Fischer, Berlin
• Powell A.W.B.(1966) The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae: an evaluation of the valid taxa, both recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species; Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum ; no. 5
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• Smith E.A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 296-306
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