Saccharoturris monocingulata
Saccharoturris monocingulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Saccharoturris monocingulata | |
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Original image of a shell of Saccharoturris monocingulata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
Clade: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Saccharoturris |
Species: | S. monocingulata |
Binomial name | |
Saccharoturris monocingulata (Dall, 1889) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 6.8 mm.
(Original description) This species ditters from Glyphoturris diminuta by having one more rib (nine in all) and in having the basal cingulum obsolete so that the prominence of the posterior nearly peripheral angulation though not enlarged is much more apparent. This is shown in the figure. Another specimen shows a further modification, in which the number of primary spirals is diminished, and those that are left are less prominent, thus making the whorls appear more rounded. Both of the specimens figured are not quite adult, and hence do not show the aperture fully formed.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Western Florida, USA; off Barbados and off Mexico; in the Antilles off Guadeloupe
References
- WoRMS (2009). Saccharoturris monocingulata (Dall, 1889). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420360 on 2018-01-24
- Dall W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 18: 1–492, pls. 10–40
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External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com:Glyphoturris quadrata quadrata monocingulata (var.)
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