Longchaeus turritus

Longchaeus turritus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3]

Juvenile

Longchaeus turritus
A shell of Longchaeus turritus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Longchaeus
Species:
L. turritus
Binomial name
Longchaeus turritus
(A. Adams, 1854)
Synonyms[1]
  • Elusa teres Adams, 1861
  • Lonchaeus prattii Bernardi
  • Obeliscus teres A. Adams, 1854
  • Obeliscus turritus A. Adams, 1854 (original combination)
  • Pyramidella pratii Bernardi, 1858
  • Pyramidella teres (A. Adams, 1854)
  • Tropaeas teres (A. Adams, 1854)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Longchaeus turritus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=730769 on 2015-04-18
  2. Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste preliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74.
  3. Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Odé, H. (1998). Indo-Pacific taxa of turbonilids, excluding those along the Americas. Texas Conchologist. 34 (2): 33-103
  • Robba E. (2013) Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191


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