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Turris annulata

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Species of gastropod

Turris annulata
Shell of Turris annulata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species: T. annulata
Binomial name
Turris annulata
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma annulata Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma fagina A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Polystira fagina A. Adams & L.A. Reeve, 1850·

Turris annulata, common name the ringed pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Description

The length of the shell attains 59 mm.

(Original description) The brow, solid shell is subulate. The whorls are slightly convex, encircled with a number of smooth, paler ridges, like rings. The siphonal canal is rather long.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, India, Thailand; in the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan.

References

  1. ^ Turris annulata (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Reeve, L. A. (1843-1846). Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1, pl. 1-40 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
  • Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1-58.
  • Liu, J.Y. (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

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Turris annulata


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