Turrisipho lachesis

Turrisipho lachesis
	= Drawing of a shell of Turrisipho lachesis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Colidae
Genus:	Turrisipho
Species:	T. lachesis
Binomial name
	Turrisipho lachesis; (Mørch, 1869)
Synonyms
	Colus lachesis (Mørch, 1869); Fusus lachesis Mørch, 1869; Fusus (Siphonorbis) lachesis Mörch, 186 (basionym); Neptunea lachesis (Mörch, 1869); Sipho (Tritonofusus) costiferus Posselt & A. S. Jensen, 1898; Sipho costiferus Posselt, 1898; Sipho undulatus Friele, 1881; Turrisipho undulatus (Friele in Tryon, 1881) ·;

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]

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

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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[WoRMS-1] Turrisipho lachesis (Mørch, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 August 2010.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1880-1881) Manual of Conchology III, Academy of natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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