Tritonoturris lifouana

Tritonoturris lifouana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Tritonoturris lifouana
Shell of Tritonoturris lifouana (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Tritonoturris
Species:
T. lifouana
Binomial name
Tritonoturris lifouana
(Hervier, 1897)
Synonyms[1]

Daphnella lifouana Hervier, 1897 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands and Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonoturris lifouana (Hervier, 1897). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1031280 on 2020-04-12
  • Sysoev, A.V. (2008) Turridae. In Poppe, G. T. (Ed.) Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume II. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany, pp. 732–815. NIZT 682
  • Hervier J. (1897 ["1896"]). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 44: 138-151
  • Gastropods.com: Daphnella lifouana
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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