Turricula faurei

Turricula faurei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Turricula (gastropod)
Species: T. faurei
Binomial name
Turricula faurei
(Barnard, 1958)
Synonyms[1]

Surcula faurei Barnard, 1958

Turricula faurei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 21 mm, its diameter 9.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 Turricula faurei (Barnard, 1958).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.


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