Turridrupa

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Turridrupa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.[2]

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Turridrupa
shell of Turridrupa albofasciata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turridrupa
Hedley, 1922[1]
Type species
Pleurotoma acutigemmata Smith E. A., 1877
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Description

(Original description) The solid shell has a cylindro-fusiform. Its colour is usually monochrome, sometimes brown orange or yellow. The protoconch consists of two smooth turbinate whorls, followed by a whorl ornamented with close arcuate riblets. The adult sculpture consists of numerous revolving keels, one or more of which may break up into bead rows. The fasciole (= spiral band on the edgse of a canal formed by successive growth lines) is indefinite. The siphonal notch has a short subcircular incision with a raised margin. The aperture shows revolving ridges on the palate.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Turridrupa include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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