Purpuraturris tanyspira

Purpuraturris tanyspira
Shell of Purpuraturris tanyspira (holotype at MNHN? Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Purpuraturris
Species:	P. tanyspira
Binomial name
Purpuraturris tanyspira (Kilburn, 1975)
Synonyms [1]
Turris ankaramanyensisBozzetti, 2006 Turris tanyspiraKilburn, 1975

Purpuraturris tanyspira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mozambique and Madagascar.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Purpuraturris tanyspira (Kilburn, 1975). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609235 on 2022-11-18

• Kilburn R.N. (1975). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (5): including descriptions of new taxa of Rissoidae, Cerithiidae, Tonnidae, Cassididae, Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae, Turbinellidae, Turridae, Architectonicidae, Epitoniidae, Limidae and Thraciidae.. Annals of the Natal Museum 22(2):577–622, figs. 1–25
• Bozzetti L. (2006) Turris ankaramanyensis (Gastropoda: Hypsogastropoda: Turridae) nuova specie dal Madagascar Meridionale. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 52: 8–9.

External links

• Chase, K., Watkins, M., Safavi-Hemami, H. & Olivera, B. M. (2022). Integrating venom peptide libraries into a phylogenetic and broader biological framework. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 9: 784419.