Turris normandavidsoni

Turris normandavidsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae commonly called the turrids.[1][2]

Turris normandavidsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Turridae
Subfamily:
Turrinae
Genus:
Turris
Species:
T. normandavidsoni
Binomial name
Turris normandavidsoni
Olivera, 1999

Name

The discoverer of this species, Baldomero Olivera, named it after a professor of his, CalTech biologist Norman Davidson.[2]

Description

Distribution

This species is native to waters of the Philippines.[2]

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References
  1. Turris normandavidsoni Olivera, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Olivera, Baldomero. "The SubfamiIy Turrinae in the Philippines: The Genus Turris (Roding, 1798)", Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. 128, p. 295 (1999).


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