Turricula nelliae
| Turricula nelliae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Turricula |
| Species: | T. nelliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Turricula nelliae (Smith E. A., 1877) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Pleurotoma nelliae Smith E. A., 1877 | |
Turricula nelliae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This species has a wide distribution in the Indian Ocean, and from China to Australia
References
- 1 2 Turricula nelliae (Smith E. A., 1877). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
- ↑ 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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