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Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tenaturris dysoni, common name Dyson's mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Tenaturris dysoni | |
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| Shell of Tenaturris dysoni ; museum specimen at MNHN, Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Tenaturris |
| Species: | T. dysoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Tenaturris dysoni (Reeve, 1846) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 12 mm.
(Original description) The ovate shell has a rather short spire. The whorls are rounded at the upper part, longitudinally very closely finely ribbed, decussated with transverse striae. The ribs, being decussated with striae, have a slightly granular appearance. The sinus is broad. The siphonal canal is almosty lacking. The color of the shell is whitish, encircled with two faint bands of orange brown.[2]
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Honduras, Colombia and in the Lesser Antilles.
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