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Belaturricula turrita

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Scientific name
  
Belaturricula turrita

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Rank
  
Species

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

Contents

There are two subspecies :

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

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

    Distribution

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

    References

    Belaturricula turrita Wikipedia