Turridrupa jubata
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| Turridrupa jubata | |
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| shells of Turridrupa jubata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Turridrupa |
| Species: | T. jubata |
| Binomial name | |
| Turridrupa jubata (Reeve, 1843) | |
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Turridrupa jubata, common name the crested pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
The length of the shell attains 33.7 mm.
The smooth shell is acuminately fusiform. It is yellowish brown, the anterior end is white. The whorls are many-keeled. The middle keel is the largest, with a beaded row of granules immediately over it (about 25 per whorl). The siphonal canal is rather short. [2]
The sinus apex is situated at the end of the mid-shoulder cord. The sinus cord is finely gemmate.
The whorls are covered with several keels, of which the middle one is the largest. They contain a beaded row of granules immediately over it. The shell is yellowish brown. [3]
