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Turritella ligar
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Turritellidae
Genus:	Turritella
Species:	T. ligar
Binomial name
Turritella ligar Deshayes, 1843
Synonyms
Turritella flammulata Kiener, 1843–44

Turritella ligar, common name : the Ligar screw shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 90 mm

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Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal, Guinea and Gabon.

References

1. Deshayes, G. P., 1843, Anim. S. Vert. 9: 261. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 May 2010.
2. ^ Turritella ligar Deshayes, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

• Deshayes, G. P., 1843, Anim. S. Vert. 9: 261
• Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon . Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp

External links

• "Turritella ligar". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

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