Turris spectabilis

Turris spectabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Subfamily: Turrinae
Genus: Turris
Species: T. spectabilis
Binomial name
Turris spectabilis
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma spectabilis Reeve, 1843

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

Description

(Original description) The spotting is of a more numerous and miscellaneous character in this species than in any of the genus, though it presents in certain respects a modification of that in Turris garnonsii (Reeve, 1843). The dusky band which girds the lower portion of the whorls in that species is exhibited both round the lower and upper portions in this, and the number of spots is apparently doubled in like manner. The siphonal canal is short, and presents a great peculiarity of character.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Turris spectabilis (Reeve, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt. 9-11 (1841-1843)


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