Turricula profundorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]
| Turricula profundorum | |
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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: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Turricula |
| Species: | T. profundorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Turricula profundorum (Smith E. A., 1896)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Surcula) profundorum Smith E. A., 1896 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell is around 34 mm, with a diameter 12 mm.
The white shell has a fusiform shape. The length of the narrow aperture equals almost half of the length of the shell. The labral sinus is broad, rather deep and situated at the suture. The suture is adpressed.
It is related to and differs from Turricula navarchus in the strongly developed, but relatively sparse peripheral nodes.
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean in deep water off the Maldives.
References
edit- ^ a b Turricula profundorum (Smith E. A., 1896). 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.
External links
edit- Indo-Pacific Mollusca; Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Delaware Museum of Natural History v. 2 no. 9–10 (1968–1969)
- Biolib.cz: image
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