Turris venusta, common name the comely pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Turris venusta | |
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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: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Turris |
| Species: | T. venusta
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| Binomial name | |
| Turris venusta (Reeve, 1843)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 49 mm and 109 mm.
(Original description) The shell has a stoutly fusiform shape. It is yellowish and spotted with dark brown. The whorls are rounded and transversely many-ribbed, obliquely spotted. The upper part is depressed, vividly painted with larger spots . The siphonal canal is long.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Turris venusta (Reeve, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596580 on 2023-01-05
- ^ Reeve, L. A. (1843-1846). Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1, pl. 1-40 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London