''Tenaturris multilineata'' 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 Mangeliidae.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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.6 mm. The small shell is golden yellow with many white lines. It contains 6

whorl A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs). Whorls in nature File:Photograph and axial plane floral ...

s 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 The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. Some sea marine gastropods have a soft tubular anterior extension of the mantle called a siphon through which water is ...

is very short.Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History v..2 (1845–1848)
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Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tenaturris Multilineata multilineata Gastropods described in 1845