Turricula granobalteus

Turricula granobalteus
Apertural view of a shell of Turricula granobalteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turricula (gastropod)
Species: T. granobalteus
Binomial name
Turricula granobalteus
(Hedley, 1922)
Synonyms[1]
  • Inquisitor granobalteus Hedley, 1922
  • Turricula nelliae granobalteus (Hedley, 1922)
  • Turricula granobalteatus [sic] (misspelling)

Turricula granobalteus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia) and off Japan

References

  1. 1 2 Turricula granobalteus (Hedley, 1922).  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.


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