Turrilatirus turritus
Species of mollusc
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Turrilatirus turritus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
| Turrilatirus turritus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Turrilatirus |
| Species: | T. turritus |
| Binomial name | |
| Turrilatirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 65 mm.
Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution: the Red Sea, Mozambique, South Africa, the Mascarenes, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Japan, Australia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands.
