Turris venusta, common name the comely pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Turris venusta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. venusta
Binomial name
Turris venusta
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma venusta Reeve, 1843

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 49 mm and 109 mm.

(Original description) The shell has a stoutly fusiform shape. It is yellowish and spotted with dark brown. The whorls are rounded and transversely many-ribbed, obliquely spotted. The upper part is depressed, vividly painted with larger spots . The siphonal canal is long.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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