Tritonoturris phaula
Appearance
Tritonoturris phaula | |
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Shell of Tritonoturris phaula (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Tritonoturris |
Species: | T. phaula
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Binomial name | |
Tritonoturris phaula Kilburn, 1977
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Tritonoturris phaula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 7.7 mm (holotype) and 8.7 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off False Bay, East London, South Africa
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tritonoturris phaula Kilburn, 1977. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
External links
[edit]- Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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