Turricula thurstoni
| Turricula thurstoni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Turricula (gastropod) |
| Species: | T. thurstoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Turricula thurstoni (Smith E. A., 1896) | |
| 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
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
This marine species occurs off India and Sri Lanka.
References
- 1 2 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.
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