Biology:Tenaturris multilineata
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Tenaturris multilineata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Tenaturris |
| Species: | T. multilineata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tenaturris multilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845)
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Tenaturris multilineata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.6 mm.
The small shell is golden yellow with many white lines. It contains 6 whorls with 8–10 longitudinal ribs expanding at the base. The spiral sculpture consists of close, decurrent, inequal striae. The suture is deep. The sinus is large. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Tenaturris multilineata (C. B. Adams, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533482 on 2018-01-30
- ↑ Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v..2 (1845–1848)
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)". Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
- "Mangelia polyzonata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_43335.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q14468746 entry
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