Turritella sanguinea

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

Turritella sanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Turritellidae
Subfamily:
Turritellinae
Genus:
Turritella
Species:
T. sanguinea
Binomial name
Turritella sanguinea
Reeve, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Turritella (Haustator) sanguinea Reeve, 1849
  • Turritella puncticulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
  • Turritella punctulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 (Incorrect subsequent spelling of synonym)
  • Turritella salisburyi Tomlin, 1925 (Original combination - Synonym)
  • Turritella sanguinea salisburyi Tomlin, 1925
  • Turritella sanguinea sanguinea Reeve, 1849

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred to Southern KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

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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 sanguinea Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  • Sowerby, G.B. Jr. (1870). Descriptions of Forty-eight new Species of Shells. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1870): 249-259
  • Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1925) Reports on the Marine Mollusca in the Collections of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. Vol. 20(4) (7), pp. 309–316.
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
  • Martens, E. von & Thiele, J. (1904) Die beschalten Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899. in Chun, C. (Ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. Vol. 7. pp. 1–180, Pls 1-29 & 1 text figure.
  • Kobelt, W. (1897) Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Bd. 1, Abt. 27. Die Gattung Turritella. Nürnberg, Baner & Raspe. pp. 1–81, pls 1-21
  • Sowerby, G.B., III. (1892) Marine Shells of South Africa. G.B. Sowerby, London, iv + 89 pp., 5 pls.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.


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