Turris bipartita

Turris bipartita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Turris bipartita
Shell of Turris bipartita (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. bipartita
Binomial name
Turris bipartita
Kilburn, Fedosov & B. M. Olivera, 2012
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma indica Deshayes, 1833 · (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Turris indica Röding, 1798)
  • Pleurotoma variegata Kiener, 1839 (non Philippi, 1836) (junior homonym of Pleurotoma variegata Philippi, 1836; Turris bipartita is a replacement name)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 31 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off India

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Turris bipartita Kilburn, Fedosov & B. M. Olivera, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596561 on 2022-12-20
  • Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1-58.


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