Turritella sanguinea
Species of gastropod
Turritella sanguinea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Turritellidae |
Genus: | Turritella |
Species: | T. sanguinea |
Binomial name | |
Turritella sanguinea Reeve, 1849[1] | |
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Turritella sanguinea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.[2]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Port Alfred to Southern KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa
References
- ^ Reeve, 1849 Conch. Icon. 5 (Turritella, Mesalia, Eglisia). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ Turritella sanguinea Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- Sowerby, G.B. Jr. (1870). Descriptions of Forty-eight new Species of Shells. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1870): 249-259
- Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1925) Reports on the Marine Mollusca in the Collections of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. Vol. 20(4) (7), pp. 309–316.
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
- Martens, E. von & Thiele, J. (1904) Die beschalten Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899. in Chun, C. (Ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. Vol. 7. pp. 1–180, Pls 1-29 & 1 text figure.
- Kobelt, W. (1897) Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Bd. 1, Abt. 27. Die Gattung Turritella. Nürnberg, Baner & Raspe. pp. 1–81, pls 1-21
- Sowerby, G.B., III. (1892) Marine Shells of South Africa. G.B. Sowerby, London, iv + 89 pp., 5 pls.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
External links
- Reeve, L.A. (1849). Monograph of the genus Turritella. In: Conchologia Iconica. vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Tryon G.W., jr. (1886). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. (1)8: Naticidae, Calyptraeidae, Turritellidae, Vermetidae, Caecidae, Eulimidae, Turbonillidae, Pyramidellidae. pp. 1-461, pls. 1-79, Philadelphia, published by the author
- Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
- Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
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