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

Tritonoturris phaula
Shell of Tritonoturris phaula (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Tritonoturris
Species:
T. phaula
Binomial name
Tritonoturris phaula
Kilburn, 1977

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 7.7 mm (holotype) and 8.7 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off False Bay, East London, South Africa

References

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  1. ^ a b Tritonoturris phaula Kilburn, 1977. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
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  • Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.