Biology:Turris normandavidsoni

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Turris normandavidsoni
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Turris
Species:
T. normandavidsoni
Binomial name
Turris normandavidsoni
Olivera, 1999

Turris normandavidsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae commonly called the turrids.[1][2]

Name

The discoverer of this species, Baldomero Olivera, named it after a professor of his, Caltech biologist Norman Davidson.[2]

Description

Distribution

This species is native to waters of the Philippines .[2]

References

  1. Turris normandavidsoni Olivera, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Olivera, Baldomero. "The SubfamiIy Turrinae in the Philippines: The Genus Turris (Roding, 1798)", Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. 128, p. 295 (1999).

Wikidata ☰ Q3724065 entry