Tritonoturris menecharmes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell (and the protoconch) of Tritonoturris menecharmes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Tritonoturris |
| Species: | T. menecharmes
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| Binomial name | |
| Tritonoturris menecharmes (J.C. Melvill, 1923)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Veprecula menecharmes Melvill, 1923 | |
- Subspecies
- Tritonoturris menecharmes albescens Melvill, 1923
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 30 mm.
(Original description) The delicate, turreted shell has an pale ochreous-brown color, or is (var. albescens) pure white. The shell contains 8-9 whorls. The protoconch itself is globular, plain, the next is beautifully but microscopically cancellate, the remainder is longitudinally acutely costate, angled above. They are crossed by, in full-grown specimens, on the upper whorls, two, on the body whorl four, spiral raised ribs. The interstitial spaces are quadrate, smooth and acutely echinate at the points of junction. The number of the ribs on the body whorl is eleven to twelve. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is incrassate, without 5-echinate, and obscurely denticulate. The sinus is fairly broad and conspicuous. The columellar margin is straight and multiplied. The siphonal canal is abbreviated and slightly recurved.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Mauritius, Taiwan and the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ a b Tritonoturris menecharmes (Melvill, 1923). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London v. 14-15 (1923)
- Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
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- Powell A.W.B.(1966) The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae: an evaluation of the valid taxa, both recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species; Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum ; no. 5
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
- Gastropods.com: Tritonoturris menecharmes