Turricula profundorum

Turricula profundorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Turricula profundorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turricula
Species:
T. profundorum
Binomial name
Turricula profundorum
(Smith E. A., 1896)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Surcula) profundorum Smith E. A., 1896

Description

The length of the shell is around 34 mm, with a diameter 12 mm.

The white shell has a fusiform shape. The length of the narrow aperture equals almost half of the length of the shell. The labral sinus is broad, rather deep and situated at the suture. The suture is adpressed.

It is related to and differs from Turricula navarchus in the strongly developed, but relatively sparse peripheral nodes.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean in deep water off the Maldives.

References

  1. Turricula profundorum (Smith E. A., 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273โ€“308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.


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