Tenaturris dysoni

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Tenaturris dysoni
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Shell of Tenaturris dysoni ; museum specimen at MNHN, Paris
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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 maculaNowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969
  • Mangelia dysoniReeve, 1846 (original description)

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

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Description

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

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

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