Tiariturris libya

Tiariturris libya is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Tiariturris libya
Original image of a shell of Tiariturris libya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Tiariturris
Species:
T. libya
Binomial name
Tiariturris libya
(Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]

Turricula libya Dall, 1919

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 65 mm.

(Original description) The solid shell is fusiform. The apex is eroded. The surface is white, covered with a blackish olive periostracum. The shell has about seven (decollate) whorls. The suture is strongly appressed and obscure. The anal fasciole is wide, smooth and concave. The sulcus is wide and shallow, close to the suture. The spiral sculpture consists of a few feeble threads on the earlier whorls. The axial sculpture consists of (on the penultimate whorl nine or ten. on the body whorl only three or four) short prominent riblets extending from the fasciole protractively forward to the succeeding suture on the spire. On the body whorl there is on the later part only an angle at the anterior edge of the fasciole. The base is moderately convex. The aperture is narrow, with a deep anal sulcus and a prominently arcuate, thin, sharp-edged outer lip. The inner lip shows a thin layer of white callus. The columella is thick and solid, attenuated in front. The axis is not pervious. The siphonal canal is short, wide and not recurved. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Baja California, Mexico to Peru.

References
  1. Tiariturris libya (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Tiariturris libya
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