Turridrupa cerithina

Turridrupa cerithina
shells of Turridrupa cerithina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Subfamily: Crassispirinae
Genus: Turridrupa
Species: T. cerithina
Binomial name
Turridrupa cerithina
(Anton, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma cerithina Anton, 1838
  • Pleurotoma digitale Reeve, L.A., 1843

Turridrupa cerithina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 15mm and 24 mm

Distribution

This species has been found along Mauritius, Japan, Queensland (Australia), and Fiji

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