Tenaturris trilineata

Tenaturris trilineata
Shell of Tenaturris trilineata; museum specimen at MNHN, Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]

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 Ocean and Caribbean Sea 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.

References

1. 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 This 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.

• Adams, Charles Baker. "Specierum novarum conchyliorum." Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2.1 (1845): 17. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

• G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Tenaturris trilineata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.