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Turridrupa jubata

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Turridrupa jubata
shells of Turridrupa jubata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turridrupa
Species:
T. jubata
Binomial name
Turridrupa jubata
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma jubata Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) jubata Hinds, 1843

Turridrupa jubata, common name the crested pleurotoma, 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 33.7 mm.

The smooth shell is acuminately fusiform. It is yellowish brown, the anterior end is white. The whorls are many-keeled. The middle keel is the largest, with a beaded row of granules immediately over it (about 25 per whorl). The siphonal canal is rather short. [2]

The sinus apex is situated at the end of the mid-shoulder cord. The sinus cord is finely gemmate.

The whorls are covered with several keels, of which the middle one is the largest. They contain a beaded row of granules immediately over it. The shell is yellowish brown. [3]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea

References

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  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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