Turcica monilifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.[1][2]
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Turcica monilifera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Calliotropidae |
| Genus: | Turcica |
| Species: | T. monilifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Turcica monilifera A. Adams, 1854
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 30 mm. The thin shell is conoidal, subdiaphanous and imperforate. Its color is, tawny golden-shining. The whorls are a little convex. They are sculptured with spiral beaded cinguli. Their interstices are obliquely striate. The sutures are canaliculate. The base of the shell is convex, with granose cinguli, some granules marked with brown. The aperture is suborbicular. The columella is spiral above, produced into a tooth below. The margin of the lip is acute and lirate inside.[3]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines, Japan and in Moreton Bay, Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b Turcica monilifera A. Adams, 1854. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 December 2018.
- ^ Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.
- ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Turcica monilifera". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.