Tiariturris spectabilis

Tiariturris spectabilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Tiariturris spectabilis
Shell of Tiariturris spectabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Tiariturris
Species:
T. spectabilis
Binomial name
Tiariturris spectabilis
Berry, 1958

Description

The length of the shell varies between 55 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico, to Colombia.

References

  • Berry, Samuel Stillman. "West American molluscan miscellany. II." Leaflets in Malacology 1.16 (1958): 91–98.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Tiariturris spectabilis


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