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Tritonoturris scalaris

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Tritonoturris scalaris
Shell of Tritonoturris scalaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Tritonoturris
Species:
T. scalaris
Binomial name
Tritonoturris scalaris
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella scalaris Tryon, 1884
  • Clavatula scalaris Hinds, 1843 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma scalaris Reeve, 1845
  • Tritonoturris concinnus B.-Q. Li & X.-Z. Li, 2007

Tritonoturris scalaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

This species was placed in this genus in 2010 by Baoquan Li, Xinzheng Li, and Richard N. Kilburn.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 17 mm.

The ribs are rounded, running into the suture, like the lamellae of Scalaria, closely transversely striate. The whorls are convex, with well-impressed sutures. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, with a narrow indistinct chestnut zone below the middle of the body whorl.[3]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the South China Sea and off Western Thailand to Indonesia

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonoturris scalaris (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759414 on 2020-04-10
  2. ^ Li, Baoquan; Li, Xinzheng (2014). "Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas". Journal of Natural History. 48 (17–18): 999–1025. Bibcode:2014JNatH..48..999L. doi:10.1080/00222933.2013.861939.
  3. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Hinds. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1843, p. 39. Moll. Voy. Sulph., p. 18, pi. 6, f. 2,
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