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Kuroshioturris angustata

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Kuroshioturris angustata
Shell of Kuroshioturris angustata (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Kuroshioturris
Species:
K. angustata
Binomial name
Kuroshioturris angustata
(Powell, 1940)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lucerapex angustatus (Powell, 1940)
  • Micantapex angustatus Powell, 1940 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) nodilirata Murdoch & Suter 1906 in part

Kuroshioturris angustata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 16.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs at depths between 30 m to 300 m. all around northern and eastern New Zealand. It is also known as a fossil in Mangapanian strata or earliest Nukumaruan strata.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kuroshioturris angustata (Powell, 1940). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599044 on 2021-04-18
  • Shuto T. (1961). Conacean gastropods from the Miyazaki Group (Paleontological study of the Miyazaki Group-IX). Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, series D, Geology. 11(2): 71-150, pls 3-10.
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 p
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