Tropidoturris simplicicingula

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Tropidoturris simplicicingula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tropidoturris
Species:
T. simplicicingula
Binomial name
Tropidoturris simplicicingula
(Barnard, 1958)
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia simplicicingulaBarnard, 1958 (original combination)
  • Tropidoturris simplicicingula simplicicingula(Barnard, 1958) · accepted, alternate representation

Tropidoturris simplicicingula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. [1]

Contents

There is one subspecies: Tropidoturris simplicicingula pondoKilburn, 1986

Description

The size of the biconic shell attains 19.8 mm. Characteristic for this species is the fact that the shell has no axial ribs. The narrower spiral lirae are declivous. The shoulder cord is stronger to carinate. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Agulhas Bank, South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Tropidoturris simplicicingula. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435089 on 2016-04-06
  2. ↑ Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633–720
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