Turris crispa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1][2]
| Turris crispa | |
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| Turris crispa crispa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Turris |
| Species: | T. crispa
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| Binomial name | |
| Turris crispa (Lamarck, 1816)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The subspecies Turris crispa intricata Powell, 1964 is a synonym of Turris intricata Powell, 1964 (original combination)
Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 60 mm and 170 mm.[3]
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Madagascar, Australia, Japan, the Philippines and the Fiji Islands.
References
edit- ^ a b Turris crispa (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Olivera, Baldomero. "The SubfamiIy Turrinae in the Philippines: The Genus Turris (Roding, 1798)", Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. 128, p. 295 (1999). This source uses the synonym "Turris Dollyae".
- ^ Chang, Chen-Kwoh (1995). 捲管螺科分類之探討 [Reevaluation of the Classification of Turridae] (PDF). Bulletin of Malacology (Taiwan) (in Traditional Chinese). 19. The Malacological Society of Taiwan: 43. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- Lamarck J.B. (1816). Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. In: Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la Nature. Mollusques et Polypes divers. Agasse, Paris. 16 pp.
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 [
- Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Olivera, B. M. (2000). The subfamily Turrinae in the Philippines: The genus Turris (Röding, 1798). Philippine Journal of Science. 128(4), 295–318
- Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1-58
- Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
External links
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- * Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- "Turris crispa crispa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
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