Tenaturris dysoni, common name Dyson's mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Tenaturris dysoni
Shell of Tenaturris dysoni ; museum specimen at MNHN, Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Tenaturris
Species:
T. dysoni
Binomial name
Tenaturris dysoni
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia dysoni (Reeve, 1846)
  • Kurtziella macula Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969
  • Mangelia dysoni Reeve, 1846 (original description)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 12 mm.

(Original description) The ovate shell has a rather short spire. The whorls are rounded at the upper part, longitudinally very closely finely ribbed, decussated with transverse striae. The ribs, being decussated with striae, have a slightly granular appearance. The sinus is broad. The siphonal canal is almosty lacking. The color of the shell is whitish, encircled with two faint bands of orange brown.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras, Colombia and in the Lesser Antilles.

References

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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Tenaturris decora". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.