Turridrupa erythraea

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Turridrupa erythraea
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Shell of Turridrupa erythraea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turridrupa
Species:
T. erythraea
Binomial name
Turridrupa erythraea
(Weinkauff, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma erythraeaWeinkauff, 1875 (original combination)
  • Turridrupa cingulifera erythraeaH.C. Weinkauff, 1875
  • Xenuroturris cingulifera erythraeaH.C. Weinkauff, 1875

Turridrupa erythraea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea off Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Turridrupa erythraea (Weinkauff, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850509 on 2022-12-13

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