Turricula thurstoni

Turricula thurstoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turricula
Species:
T. thurstoni
Binomial name
Turricula thurstoni
(E.A. Smith, 1896)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma thurstoni E.A. Smith, 1896

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

Description

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

This marine species occurs off India and Sri Lanka.

References

  1. 1 2 Turricula thurstoni (E.A. Smith, 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.