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

The length of the shell attains 40 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  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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