Funa tayloriana

Funa tayloriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Funa tayloriana
Shell of Funa tayloriana (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Funa
Species:
F. tayloriana
Binomial name
Funa tayloriana
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia tayloriana (Reeve, 1846)
  • Drillia topaza J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901
  • Inquisitor taylorianus (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma tayloriana Reeve, 1846
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) crenularis var. tayloriana Reeve, 1846
  • Turris (Inquisitor) tayloriana (Reeve, 1846)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

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

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References
  1. Funa tayloriana (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  • Specimen at MNHN, Paris
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Funa tayloriana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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