Turrisipho fenestratus
Turrisipho fenestratus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.[1]
Turrisipho fenestratus | |
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Shell of Turrisipho fenestratus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Colidae |
Genus: | Turrisipho |
Species: | T. fenestratus |
Binomial name | |
Turrisipho fenestratus (Turton, 1834) | |
Synonyms | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 69 mm (2.7 in).
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Iceland
References
- Turrisipho fenestratus (Turton, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
External links
- Turton W. (1834). Description of some nondescript and rare British species of shells. Magazine of Natural History 7: 350-353
- Broderip, W.J. (1830). Description of two new species of Buccinum from the English and Irish seas. The Zoological Journal. 5: 44-46
- Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson
- Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296
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