Tritonoturris subrissoides

Tritonoturris subrissoides
Shell of Tritonoturris subrissoides (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Tritonoturris
Species:	T. subrissoides
Binomial name
Tritonoturris subrissoides (Hervier, 1897)
Synonyms [1]
Daphnella subrissoidesHervier, 1897

Tritonoturris subrissoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia.

References

1. Tritonoturris subrissoides (Hervier, 1897) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.

• Hervier, J., 1896. Description d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Néo-Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 43("1895"): 141–152

External links

• MNHN, Paris: specimen
• Kay, E. A. (1979). Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications. 64xviii + 1–653
• Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)
• Gastropods.com: Tritonoturris subrissoides
• Alexander Fedosov, Reconstruction of the foregut of Tritonoturris subrissoides