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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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. faleiroi
Binomial name
Turris faleiroi
Kilburn, 1998

Description

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The length of the shell attains 41 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Algoa Bay, South Africa.

References

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  1. ^ 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.