Jump to content

Turris proesignis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Turris proesignis
Shell of Turris proesignis (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. proesignis
Binomial name
Turris proesignis
(E.A. Smith, 1895)
Synonyms

Pleurotoma proesignis E.A. Smith, 1895

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

Description

[edit]

The length of the shell attains 42 mm; its maximum diameter: 15 mm.

The prominent row of tubercles around the middle of the whorls, the keel beneath the suture, and the broad sinus in the outer lip are the principal features of this species. The apex of the spire is broken. This makes it impossible to state with certainty the exact number of whorls, but they would probably amount to eleven or twelve. The entire surface exhibits fine flexuous lines of growth.[2]

Distribution

[edit]

This bathypelagic species occurs off Sri Lanka.

References

[edit]