Tenaturris trilineata

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Tenaturris trilineata
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Shell of Tenaturris trilineata; museum specimen at MNHN, Paris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Tenaturris
Species:
T. trilineata
Binomial name
Tenaturris trilineata
(C. B. Adams, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Agathotoma trilineata(Adams C.B., 1845)
  • Cryoturris trilineata(C. B. Adams, 1845)
  • Mangilia trilineata(Adams C.B., 1845)
  • Pleurotoma trilineataAdams C. B., 1845 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma trifasciataReeve, L.A., 1845

Tenaturris trilineata 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 attains 6.5 mm.

The shell is narrowly shouldered and contains 6½ whorls. It shows small, close, numerous longitudinal ribs and impressed revolving striae. Its color is whitish, with three narrow brown bands, one of which appears on the spire whorls. The outer lip is thick. The sinus is deep. The siphonal canal is very short. [2]

Distribution

T. trilineata can be found in Atlantic and Caribbean waters, ranging from the Campeche Bank to Colombia and the Virgin Islands.; [3] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

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References

  1. 1 2 Tenaturris trilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 August 2011.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.


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