Tenaturris merita

Tenaturris merita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Tenaturris merita
Shell of Tenaturris merita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Tenaturris
Species:
T. merita
Binomial name
Tenaturris merita
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula merita Hinds, 1843
  • Cytharella merita (Hinds, 1843)
  • Tenaturris nereis Pilsbry, H.A. & H.N. Lowe, 1932

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 12 mm.

The acuminate ovate-turreted shell contains 6 smooth whorls. It is shortly plicately ribbed, transversely striated, angulated next the simple suture. The outer lip is sharp. The aperture is oblong. The siphonal canal is almost non-existent. Its color is yellowish, the back of body whorl is clouded with brown, with a brown line on the shoulder-angle.[2][3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean, between Monterey, California and Costa Rica

References
  1. Tenaturris merita (Hinds, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
  2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt. 9–11 (1841–1843) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Dall, William Healey. Summary of the marine shellbearing mollusks of the northwest coast of America: from San Diego, California, to the Polar Sea, mostly contained in the collection of the United States National Museum, with illustrations of hitherto unfigured species. No. 112. Govt. print. off., 1921 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.
  • "Tenaturris merita". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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