Funa tayloriana

Funa tayloriana
Shell of Funa tayloriana (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Pseudomelatomidae
Genus:Funa
Species: F. tayloriana
Binomial name
Funa tayloriana
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia tayloriana (Reeve, 1846)
  • Drillia topaza J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901
  • Pleurotoma tayloriana Reeve, 1846
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) crenularis var. tayloriana Reeve, 1846
  • Turris (Inquisitor) tayloriana (Reeve, 1846)

Funa tayloriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mozambique and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

  1. 1 2 Funa tayloriana (Reeve, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Specimen at MNHN, Paris
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Funa tayloriana


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