Tritonoturris scalaris

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

Tritonoturris scalaris
Shell of Tritonoturris scalaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Tritonoturris
Species:
T. scalaris
Binomial name
Tritonoturris scalaris
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella scalaris Tryon, 1884
  • Clavatula scalaris Hinds, 1843 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma scalaris Reeve, 1845
  • Tritonoturris concinnus B.-Q. Li & X.-Z. Li, 2007

This species was placed in this genus in 2010 by Baoquan Li, Xinzheng Li, and Richard N. Kilburn. [2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 17 mm.

The ribs are rounded, running into the suture,like the lamellae of Scalaria, closely transversely striate. The whorls are convex, with well-impressed sutures. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, with a narrow indistinct chestnut zone below the middle of the body whorl. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South China Sea and off Western Thailand to Indonesia

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonoturris scalaris (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759414 on 2020-04-10
  2. Li, Baoquan, Xinzheng Li, and Richard N. Kilburn. "Report on the Genus Tritonoturris (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South China Sea." (2010)
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Hinds. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1843, p. 39. Moll. Voy. Sulph., p. 18, pi. 6, f. 2,
  • 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 scalaris
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.