Loading AI tools
Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turridrupa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.[2]
Turridrupa | |
---|---|
shell of Turridrupa albofasciata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Turridrupa Hedley, 1922[1] |
Type species | |
Pleurotoma acutigemmata Smith E. A., 1877 |
(Original description) The solid shell has a cylindro-fusiform. Its colour is usually monochrome, sometimes brown orange or yellow. The protoconch consists of two smooth turbinate whorls, followed by a whorl ornamented with close arcuate riblets. The adult sculpture consists of numerous revolving keels, one or more of which may break up into bead rows. The fasciole (= spiral band on the edgse of a canal formed by successive growth lines) is indefinite. The siphonal notch has a short subcircular incision with a raised margin. The aperture shows revolving ridges on the palate.[3]
This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia.
Species within the genus Turridrupa include:
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.