Turricula thurstoni

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Turricula thurstoni
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

Pleurotoma thurstoni Smith E. A., 1896

Turricula thurstoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Description[edit]

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.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off India and Sri Lanka.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Turricula thurstoni (Smith E. A., 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. ^ 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.