Turricula kamakurana

Turricula kamakurana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turricula
Species: T. kamakurana
Binomial name
Turricula kamakurana
(Pilsbry, 1895)
Synonyms[1]
  • Comitas kamakurana (Pilsbry, 1895)
  • Pleurotoma kamakurana Pilsbry, 1895
  • Surcula laysanica Dall, W.H., 1919

Turricula kamakurana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and Japan.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turricula kamakurana (Pilsbry, 1895).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  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.

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