Tritonoturris paucicostata

Tritonoturris paucicostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Tritonoturris
Species:	T. paucicostata
Binomial name
	Tritonoturris paucicostata; (Pease, 1860)
Synonyms
	Clathurella paucicostata Pease, 1860

Tritonoturris paucicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

(Original description) The shell is elongately fusiform, thin and shining. The whorls are ornamented with varices, remote, and fine transverse raised striae. The outer lip is thin. The aperture is elongate-oval. The siphonal canal is long and slightly recurved. The colour of the shell is white, with irregular orange-brown spots or blotches. The varices are white.^[2]

Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Tritonoturris paucicostata (Pease, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
^ https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46225#page/200/mode/1up W.H. Pease, Descriptions of New Species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Volume: pt.28 (1860)

External links[]

[WoRMS-1] Tritonoturris paucicostata (Pease, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] ttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46225#page/200/mode/1up W.H. Pease, Descriptions of New Species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Volume: pt.28 (1860)

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