Tritonoturris macandrewi

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

Tritonoturris macandrewi
Shell of Tritonoturris macandrewi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Tritonoturris
Species:
T. macandrewi
Binomial name
Tritonoturris macandrewi
((Smith E. A., 1882)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Daphnella) macandrewi Smith E. A., 1882

Description

The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 24 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and off the Philippines and in the China Seas.

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References
  1. Tritonoturris macandrewi (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Smith E.A. (1882). Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 10: 296-306
  • J.C. Melvill (1917), A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr. F. W. Townsend, 1893-1914; Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London vol. 12, 1917 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Li B.-Q. [Baoquan & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17-18): 999-1025]
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Tritonoturris macandrewi



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