Tenaturris dysoni

Tenaturris dysoni
Shell of Tenaturris dysoni ; museum specimen at MNHN, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Tenaturris
Species: T. dysoni
Binomial name
Tenaturris dysoni
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia dysoni (Reeve, 1846)
  • Kurtziella macula Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969
  • Mangelia dysoni Reeve, 1846 (original description)

Tenaturris dysoni, common name Dyson's mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 12 mm.

(Original description) The ovate shell has a rather short spire. The whorls are rounded at the upper part, longitudinally very closely finely ribbed, decussated with transverse striae. The ribs, being decussated with striae, have a slightly granular appearance. The sinus is broad. The siphonal canal is almosty lacking. The color of the shell is whitish, encircled with two faint bands of orange brown.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras, Colombia and in the Lesser Antilles.

References

  1. 1 2 Tenaturris dysoni (Reeve, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Reeve L.A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Mangelia. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 3, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Tenaturris decora

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