Turris chaldaea

Turris chaldaea
Shell of Turris chaldaea (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. chaldaea
Binomial name
Turris chaldaea
Kilburn, Fedosov & B. M. Olivera, 2012

Turris chaldaea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Description

The shell can get to be 95.5 millimetres (3.76 in) long.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Philippine Sea, including off the Philippines, Japan, and the Solomon Islands.

References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Turris chaldaea Kilburn, Fedosov & B. M. Olivera, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596563 on 2022-12-22
  2. 1 2 Kilburn, Richard N.; Fedosov, Alexander E.; Olivera, Baldomero M. (22 March 2012). "Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species". Zootaxa. 3244 (1): 1–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3244.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMC 3705779.