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Turridrupa erythraea

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Turridrupa erythraea
Shell of Turridrupa erythraea (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turridrupa
Species:
T. erythraea
Binomial name
Turridrupa erythraea
(Weinkauff, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma erythraea Weinkauff, 1875 (original combination)
  • Turridrupa cingulifera erythraea H.C. Weinkauff, 1875
  • Xenuroturris cingulifera erythraea H.C. Weinkauff, 1875

Turridrupa erythraea 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 40 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea off Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Turridrupa erythraea (Weinkauff, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850509 on 2022-12-13
  • Janssen, R.; Kantor, Yu. I. & Stahlschmidt, P. (2015). Identity and generic position of Pleurotoma erythraea Weinkauff 1875 from the Red Sea (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 144(1): 99–104.
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