Turris faleiroi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Turris faleiroi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Turris |
Species: | T. faleiroi
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Binomial name | |
Turris faleiroi Kilburn, 1998
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 41 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Algoa Bay, South Africa.
References
edit- ^ a b Turris faleiroi Kilburn, 1998. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Kilburn R.N. (1998). Description of four new neogastropods of superfamilies Muricoidea and Conoidea from South Africa (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Neogastropoda). Apex. 13: 155–160.
- Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A.E. & Olivera B.M. (2012) Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1–58.