Tritonoturris macandrewi
Tritonoturris macandrewi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Tritonoturris macandrewi | |
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| Shell of Tritonoturris macandrewi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Tritonoturris |
| Species: | T. macandrewi |
| Binomial name | |
| Tritonoturris macandrewi ((Smith E. A., 1882) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Daphnella) macandrewi Smith E. A., 1882 | |
Description
The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 24 mm
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and off the Philippines and in the China Seas.
References
- Tritonoturris macandrewi (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
External links
- Smith E.A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 296-306
- J.C. Melvill (1917), A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1914; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London vol. 12, 1917
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Li B.-Q. [Baoquan & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17-18): 999-1025]
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Tritonoturris macandrewi
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