Turris grandis

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Turris grandis
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.218142 - Turris grandis (Gray, 1834) - Turridae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Shell of Turris grandis (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. grandis
Binomial name
Turris grandis
(Gray J.E., 1834)
Synonyms [1]

Pleurotoma grandisGray, 1834

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 100 mm and 180 mm

The whorls are not much angulated. The sculpture of the shell shows many rather small sharp revolving ribs and intermediate raised lines. The color of the shell is yellowish white with numerous with chestnut-brown spots upon the larger ribs, the spots often coalescing into irregular longitudinal stripes. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and in the Andaman Sea and the South China Sea.

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References

  1. 1 2 Turris grandis (Gray, 1834) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 10 July 2011.
  2. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology VI, p. 169; 1884