Turritella maculata

Turritella maculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.[2]

Turritella maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Turritellidae
Subfamily:
Turritellinae
Genus:
Turritella
Species:
T. maculata
Binomial name
Turritella maculata
Reeve, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Archimediella maculata (Reeve, 1849)
  • Turritella (Haustator) maculata Reeve, 1849
  • Turritella (Haustator) vittulata Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Turritella (Torcula) admirabilis R. B. Watson, 1881 (Original combination)
  • Turritella admirabilis R. B. Watson, 1881
  • Turritella bicolor Adams & Reeve in Reeve, 1849
  • Turritella maculata var. chionia Melvill, 1928 (Colour variety)
  • Turritella vittulata Adams & Reeve in Reeve, 1849

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

The marine species occurs off Australia; in the Indian Ocean and in the Red Sea.

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References
  1. Reeve, 1849 Conch. Icon. 5 (Turritella, Mesalia, Eglisia). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  2. Turritella maculata Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  • Melvill, J. C. (1928). The Marine Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Captain F. W. Townsend, 1893–1914. - Addenda, Corrigenda, and Emendanda. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. Volume 43, Part 3 (November 1928), pp. 93–117.
  • Haas, F. (1952) Shells collected by the Peabody Museum Expedition to the Near East, 1950 1. Mollusks from the Persian Gulf. The Nautilus 65:114-116


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