Turricula thurstoni
Appearance
Turricula thurstoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Turricula |
Species: | T. thurstoni
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Binomial name | |
Turricula thurstoni (Smith E. A., 1896)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Pleurotoma thurstoni Smith E. A., 1896 |
Turricula thurstoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 40 mm, its diameter 13 mm.
The white shell has a fusiform shape. It contains 10 whorls.
The shell resembles Turricula javana. The nodules at the periphery are rather similar, but the fine sutural plicae are wanting in P. javana.
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off India and Sri Lanka.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Turricula thurstoni (Smith E. A., 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.