Turris crispa

Turris crispa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1][2]

Turris crispa
Turris crispa crispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Turridae
Subfamily:
Turrinae
Genus:
Turris
Species:
T. crispa
Binomial name
Turris crispa
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma crispa Lamarck, 1816
  • Pleurotoma gracillima Weinkauff, H.C. & W. Kobelt, 1875
  • Turris dollyae Olivera, 1999

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 160 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs along Madagascar, Australia, Japan, the Philippines and the Fiji Islands.

References
  1. Turris crispa (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Olivera, Baldomero. "The SubfamiIy Turrinae in the Philippines: The Genus Turris (Roding, 1798)", Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. 128, p. 295 (1999). This source uses the synonym "Turris Dollyae".
  • "Turris crispa crispa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 July 2011.


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