Turritella duplicata

Turritella duplicata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.[1]

Turritella duplicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Turritellidae
Subfamily:
Turritellinae
Genus:
Turritella
Species:
T. duplicata
Binomial name
Turritella duplicata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Epitonium acutum Röding, 1798
  • Epitonium candidum Link, 1807
  • Epitonium dubium Röding, 1798
  • Epitonium duplicatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Epitonium rugosum Röding, 1798
  • Turbo duplicatus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Turbo replicatus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Turritella (Zaria) duplicata (Linnaeus, 1758) (alternate representation)
  • Turritella replicata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Bay of Bengal off the coast around Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu, India.

References
  1. Turritella duplicata (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
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