Tritonoturris scalaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
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| Shell of Tritonoturris scalaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Tritonoturris |
| Species: | T. scalaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Tritonoturris scalaris (Hinds, 1843)
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This species was placed in this genus in 2010 by Baoquan Li, Xinzheng Li, and Richard N. Kilburn.[2]
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 17 mm.
The ribs are rounded, running into the suture, like the lamellae of Scalaria, closely transversely striate. The whorls are convex, with well-impressed sutures. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, with a narrow indistinct chestnut zone below the middle of the body whorl.[3]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the South China Sea and off Western Thailand to Indonesia
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonoturris scalaris (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759414 on 2020-04-10
- ^ Li, Baoquan; Li, Xinzheng (2014). "Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas". Journal of Natural History. 48 (17–18): 999–1025. Bibcode:2014JNatH..48..999L. doi:10.1080/00222933.2013.861939.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Hinds. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1843, p. 39. Moll. Voy. Sulph., p. 18, pi. 6, f. 2,
External links
edit- Li B.-Q. [Baoquan] & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17-18): 999-1025
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
- Gastropods.com: Tritonoturris scalaris