Tenaturris inepta
Tenaturris inepta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Shell (and protoconch) of Tenaturris inepta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Tenaturris |
| Species: | T. inepta |
| Binomial name | |
| Tenaturris inepta (E. A. Smith, 1882) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma inepta Smith E. A., 1882 | |
Distribution
T. inepta can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil and surrounding Bermuda.;[2] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
References
- Tenaturris inepta (E. A. Smith, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
- Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Williams, Margaret. "Shallow-water Turridae of Florida and the Caribbean." M. Williams, Tallevast, Florida (2006).
External links
- Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- Gastropods.com: Tenaturris inepta
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