Turrilatirus turritus

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Turrilatirus turritus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Turrilatirus
Species:
T. turritus
Binomial name
Turrilatirus turritus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
  • Latirus turrita(Gmelin, 1791)
  • Latirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Latirulus turritus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Voluta turritaGmelin, 1791

Turrilatirus turritus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 65 mm.

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution: the Red Sea, Mozambique, South Africa, the Mascarenes, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Japan, Australia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands.

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