''Ceritoturris suavis'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Horaiclavidae
Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
In 2011 this family was split off from the family Pseudomelatomidae (formerly the subfamily Crassispirinae McLean, 1971) by Bouchet P., Ka ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Ceritoturris suavis. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=719117 on 2017-01-16]
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the
Loyalty Islands.
.
References
* Hervier, J. "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Néo-Calédonien." Journal de Conchyliologie 43.1895 (1896): 141–152.
* Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. ''Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite)''. Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 149–180
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295
Syntype at MNHN, Paris
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suavis
Gastropods described in 1896