Turricula thurstoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
| Turricula thurstoni | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Turricula |
| Species: | T. thurstoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Turricula thurstoni (Smith E. A., 1896)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma thurstoni Smith E. A., 1896 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 40 mm, its diameter 13 mm.
The white shell has a fusiform shape. It contains 10 whorls.
The shell resembles Turricula javana. The nodules at the periphery are rather similar, but the fine sutural plicae are wanting in P. javana.
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Turricula thurstoni (Smith E. A., 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ^ P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
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