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Turritella cingulifera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Cerithioidea

Subfamily
  
Turritellinae

Scientific name
  
Turritella cingulifera

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Turritellidae

Genus
  
Turritella

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Turritella cingulifera

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Turritella cingulifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.

Contents

It is placed either in subgenus Kurosioia or Haustator.

Distribution

This marine species is found in the sublittoral zone of Australian waters, the Indo-Pacific Region and the East China Sea.

Description

The slender conical shell is whitish to yellowish brown with a chestnut band next to the suture. The shell sometimes has undulating, transverse chestnut lines or a central chestnut band made up of two or three close parallel lines on the body whorl. The shell has about twelve whorls. They are contracted between the deep suture and then rounded with a number of thin, elevated, spiral striae. The length of the shell is 1,90 cm (.75 inch).

References

Turritella cingulifera Wikipedia