Biology:Turritella carinifera

Short description: Species of gastropod

Turritella carinifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Turritellidae
Subfamily:	Turritellinae
Genus:	Turritella
Species:	T. carinifera
Binomial name
Turritella carinifera Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms
Turritella (Torcula) carinifera Lamarck, 1822 (Alternate representation) Turritella carinifera var. angusta W. H. Turton, 1932 Turritella kowiensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1900

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

References

• Sowerby III, G. B. (1900). On some marine shells from Pondoland and the Kowie, with descriptions of seventeen new species. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 4(1): 1–7
• Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1925) Reports on the Marine Mollusca in the Collections of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. Vol. 20(4) (7), pp. 309–316.
• Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.

External links

• Lamarck [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
• Reeve, L.A. (1849). Monograph of the genus Turritella. In: Conchologia Iconica. vol. 5, pl. 1–11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
• Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg

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