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Turris bipartita

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Turris bipartita
Shell of Turris bipartita (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. bipartita
Binomial name
Turris bipartita
Kilburn, Fedosov & B. M. Olivera, 2012
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma indica Deshayes, 1833 · (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Turris indica Röding, 1798)
  • Pleurotoma variegata Kiener, 1839 (non Philippi, 1836) (junior homonym of Pleurotoma variegata Philippi, 1836; Turris bipartita is a replacement name)

Turris bipartita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 31 mm

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off India

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Turris bipartita Kilburn, Fedosov & B. M. Olivera, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596561 on 2022-12-20
  • Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1-58.
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