Turridrupa bijubata

Turridrupa bijubata
Drawing of Turridrupa bijubata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turridrupa
Species: T. bijubata
Binomial name
Turridrupa bijubata
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma bijubata Reeve, 1843 (basionym)
  • Surcula bijubata (Reeve, 1843)
  • Turricula bijubata (Reeve, 1843)

Turridrupa bijubata, common name the crested turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 11 mm and 25 mm. The color of the shell is chocolate-brown, encircled by narrow, lighter-colored keels The second keel, which is somewhat stronger than the others, is often broken up into small tubercles. The interior of the aperture is chocolate-colored. The siphonal canal is short. It is distinguished from Turridrupa cincta (Lamarck, 1822) by its narrower form, a longer spire, sharper ridges and a darker color. [3]

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution : along Mozambique, Madagascar to Japan, the Fiji Islands and Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Turridrupa bijubata (Reeve, 1843).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345706  on 14 December 2011.
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 241; 1884 (described as Surcula bijubata)

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