Biology:Turris normandavidsoni
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Turris normandavidsoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Turris |
Species: | T. normandavidsoni
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Binomial name | |
Turris normandavidsoni Olivera, 1999
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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
- ↑ Turris normandavidsoni Olivera, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ↑ 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