Tarantinaea lignaria

Tarantinaea lignaria
	Tarantinaea lignaria shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:	Peristerniinae
Genus:	Tarantinaea
Species:	T. lignaria
Binomial name
	Tarantinaea lignaria; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Fasciolaria lignaria (Linnaeus, 1758); Murex lignarius Linnaeus, 1758;

Tarantinaea lignaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Tarantinaea lignaria has a shell that reaches a length of 30–60 mm. The surface of this shell may whitish or pale brown. The interior is brown.

^ ^a ^b Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Tarantinaea lignaria. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607879 on 2017-10-10

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31-70.

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