Belaturricula turrita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Belaturricula turrita | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Belaturricula |
| Species: | B. turrita
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| Binomial name | |
| Belaturricula turrita (Strebel, 1908)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bela turrita Strebel, 1908 | |
There are two subspecies :
- Belaturricula turrita multispiralis Dell, 1990
- Belaturricula turrita turrita (Strebel, 1908): represented as Belaturricula turrita (Strebel, 1908)
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in the Antarctic waters of the Scotia Sea and off the South Shetlands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
References edit
- ^ a b Belaturricula turrita (Strebel, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- Strebel, H., 1908. Die Gastropoden (mit Ausnahme de nackten Opisthobranchier). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Süd-polar-Expedition 1901–1903, 6 (1):1–111, 6 pls.
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.
- Kantor, Yuri I., Myroslaw G. Harasewych, and Nicolas Puillandre. "A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda)." Molluscan Research 36.3 (2016): 153–206.
External links edit
- Antarctic Invertebrates : Belaturricula turrita; accessed : 13 August 2011
- Schiaparelli, Stefano, Anne-Nina Lörz, and Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti. "Diversity and distribution of mollusc assemblages on the Victoria Land coast and the Balleny Islands, Ross Sea, Antarctica." Antarctic Science 18.04 (2006): 615–631
- "Belaturricula turrita turrita". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- "Belaturricula turrita multispiralis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.