Tiariturris spectabilis

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Tiariturris spectabilis
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Shell of Tiariturris spectabilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Tiariturris
Species:
T. spectabilis
Binomial name
Tiariturris spectabilis
Berry, 1958

Tiariturris spectabilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 55 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico, to Colombia.

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