Kuroshioturris nipponica

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Kuroshioturris nipponica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Kuroshioturris
Species:
K. nipponica
Binomial name
Kuroshioturris nipponica
(Shuto, 1961)
Synonyms [1]
  • Gemmula (Ptychosyrinx) nipponicaShuto, 1961 (basionym)
  • Gemmula nipponicaShuto, 1961 (original combination)

Kuroshioturris nipponica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines at depths between 100 m and 1445 m.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kuroshioturris nipponica (Shuto, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058739 on 2021-04-18