Kuroshioturris hyugaensis

Kuroshioturris hyugaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Kuroshioturris hyugaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Kuroshioturris
Species:
K. hyugaensis
Binomial name
Kuroshioturris hyugaensis
(Shuto, 1961)
Synonyms[1]
  • Gemmula (Kuroshioturris) hyugaensis Shuto, 1961 (basionym)
  • Gemmula hyugaensis Shuto, 1961 (original combination)
  • Turris hyugaensis T. Shuto, 1961

Fossils of † Gemmula (Kuroshioturris) hyugaensis have been found in Lowest Pliocene strata, Miyazaki Prefecture , Japan.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kuroshioturris hyugaensis (Shuto, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058735 on 2021-04-18
  • Shuto T. (1961). Conacean gastropods from the Miyazaki Group (Paleontological study of the Miyazaki Group-IX). Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, series D, Geology. 11(2): 71-150, pls 3-10.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 p
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