Funa tayloriana

Funa tayloriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Funa tayloriana
Shell of Funa tayloriana (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:	Funa
Species:	F. tayloriana
Binomial name
Funa tayloriana (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia tayloriana (Reeve, 1846) Drillia topaza J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901 Inquisitor taylorianus (Reeve, 1846) Pleurotoma tayloriana Reeve, 1846 Pleurotoma (Drillia) crenularis var. tayloriana Reeve, 1846 Turris (Inquisitor) tayloriana (Reeve, 1846)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mozambique and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

1. Funa tayloriana (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.

• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• Specimen at MNHN, Paris
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Funa tayloriana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.