Turritella maculata

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

Turritella maculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Turritellidae
Genus:	Turritella
Species:	T. maculata
Binomial name
Turritella maculata Reeve, 1849
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

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

Distribution

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

References

• 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

External links

• Reeve, L.A. (1849). Monograph of the genus Turritella. In: Conchologia Iconica. vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
• Adams A. & Reeve L. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls. [i-x, 1-24, pls 1-9 (1848); 25-87, pls 10-24 (1850)
• Watson, R.B. (1880). Mollusca of H. M. S. 'Challenger' expedition. Part VI. Turritellidae. Journal of the Linnean Society - Zoology. 15: 217-230
• Tryon G.W., jr. (1886). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. (1)8: Naticidae, Calyptraeidae, Turritellidae, Vermetidae, Caecidae, Eulimidae, Turbonillidae, Pyramidellidae. pp. 1-461, pls. 1-79
• Smith E.A. (1891). On a collection of marine shells from Aden, with sorne remarks upon the relationship of the molluscan fauna of the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1891): 390-436, pl. 33
• Gastropods.com: Turritella maculata