Tritonoturris poppei

Tritonoturris poppei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Tritonoturris poppei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Tritonoturris
Species:
T. poppei
Binomial name
Tritonoturris poppei
Vera-Pelaez & Vega-Luz, 1999

Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  • Vera-Pelaez J.L. & Vega-Luz R. (1999) Tritonoturris poppei: a new species of the subfamily Daphnellinae (Gastropoda, Turridae) of the Visayas Sea (Philippines). Malakos [Revista de la Asociacion Malacologica Andaluza], Monografia 1: 1–7
  • 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 poppei


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