Tritonoturris lifouana
| Tritonoturris lifouana | |
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| Shell of Tritonoturris lifouana (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Tritonoturris |
| Species: | T. lifouana
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| Binomial name | |
| Tritonoturris lifouana (Hervier, 1897)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Daphnella lifouana Hervier, 1897 (original combination) | |
Tritonoturris lifouana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 14 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands and Papua New Guinea.
References[edit]
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonoturris lifouana (Hervier, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1031280 on 2020-04-12
- Sysoev, A.V. (2008) Turridae. In Poppe, G. T. (Ed.) Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume II. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany, pp. 732–815. NIZT 682
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tritonoturris lifouana.
- Hervier J. (1897 ["1896"]). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 44: 138-151
- Gastropods.com: Daphnella lifouana
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.