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Belaturricula turrita

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Belaturricula turrita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Belaturricula
Species:
B. turrita
Binomial name
Belaturricula turrita
(Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms[1]

Bela turrita Strebel, 1908

Belaturricula turrita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

There are two subspecies :

  • Belaturricula turrita multispiralis Dell, 1990
  • Belaturricula turrita turrita (Strebel, 1908): represented as Belaturricula turrita (Strebel, 1908)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Antarctic waters of the Scotia Sea and off the South Shetlands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

References

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  • Antarctic Invertebrates : Belaturricula turrita; accessed : 13 August 2011
  • Schiaparelli, Stefano, Anne-Nina Lörz, and Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti. "Diversity and distribution of mollusc assemblages on the Victoria Land coast and the Balleny Islands, Ross Sea, Antarctica." Antarctic Science 18.04 (2006): 615–631
  • "Belaturricula turrita turrita". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • "Belaturricula turrita multispiralis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.