Turritella maculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.[2]

Turritella maculata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Turritellidae
Genus: Turritella
Species:
T. maculata
Binomial name
Turritella maculata
Reeve, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Archimediella maculata (Reeve, 1849)
  • Turritella (Haustator) maculata Reeve, 1849
  • Turritella (Haustator) vittulata Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Turritella (Torcula) admirabilis R. B. Watson, 1881 (Original combination)
  • Turritella admirabilis R. B. Watson, 1881
  • Turritella bicolor Adams & Reeve in Reeve, 1849
  • Turritella maculata var. chionia Melvill, 1928 (Colour variety)
  • Turritella vittulata Adams & Reeve in Reeve, 1849

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

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The marine species occurs off Australia; in the Indian Ocean and in the Red Sea.

References

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  • Melvill, J. C. (1928). The Marine Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Captain F. W. Townsend, 1893–1914. - Addenda, Corrigenda, and Emendanda. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. Volume 43, Part 3 (November 1928), pp. 93–117.
  • Haas, F. (1952) Shells collected by the Peabody Museum Expedition to the Near East, 1950 1. Mollusks from the Persian Gulf. The Nautilus 65:114-116
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