Turrella letourneuxiana

Turrella letourneuxiana
Shell of Turrella letourneuxiana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Clathurellidae
Genus:	Turrella
Species:	T. letourneuxiana
Binomial name
Turrella letourneuxiana (Crosse & Fischer, 1865)
Synonyms [1]
Austromangelia letourneuxiana(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865) Clathurella letourneuxiana(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865) Daphnella letourneuxiana(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865) Guraleus letourneuxianus(Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865) Mangelia letourneuxiana(Crosse & Fischer, 1865) Pleurotoma (Clathurella) letourneuxianaCrosse & P. Fischer, 1865 (basionym) Pleurotoma letourneuxianaCrosse & Fischer, 1865

Turrella letourneuxiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

The color of the shell is yellowish brown, or light reddish brown. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.

References

1. {MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Turrella letourneuxiana (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1027302 on 2019-03-23
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 .

• Crosse, H. & Fischer, P. 1865. Description d'espèces nouvelles d'Australie provenant dela collection de M. Geo French Angas. Journal de Conchyliologie 13: 422–429, pl. 11, figs 1-7
• Angas, G.F. 1867. A list of species of marine Mollusca found in Port Jackson harbour, New South Wales, and on the adjacent coasts, with notes on their habits, etc. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 185–233
• Hutton, F.W. (ed.) 1873. Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of species. Wellington : Government Printer 116 pp.
• Verco, J.C. 1909. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293–342
• Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12.
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
• Powell, A.W.B. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
• Gastropods.com: Turrella letourneuxiana
• MNHN, Paris: specimen