Turricula thurstoni
Turricula thurstoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
| Turricula thurstoni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Turricula |
| Species: | T. thurstoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Turricula thurstoni (Smith E. A., 1896) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma thurstoni Smith E. A., 1896 | |
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.
References
- 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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