Tiariturris spectabilis

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Tiariturris spectabilis
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Shell of Tiariturris spectabilis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Tiariturris
Species:
T. spectabilis
Binomial name
Tiariturris spectabilis
Berry, 1958

Tiariturris spectabilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description[]

The length of the shell varies between 55 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs from the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico, to Colombia.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Tiariturris spectabilis Berry, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Berry, Samuel Stillman. "West American molluscan miscellany. II." Leaflets in Malacology 1.16 (1958): 91-98.

External links[]

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Tiariturris spectabilis
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