''Turrella letourneuxiana'' 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

Clathurellidae Clathurellidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea". '' ...

.{MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Turrella letourneuxiana (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1027302 on 2019-03-23

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, or light reddish brown.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.

References

* Crosse, H. & Fischer, P. 1865. D''escription d'espèces nouvelles d'Australie provenant dela collection de M. Geo French Angas.'' Journal de Conchyliologie 13: 422–429, pl. 11, figs 1-7 * Angas, G.F. 1867. ''A list of species of marine Mollusca found in Port Jackson harbour, New South Wales, and on the adjacent coasts, with notes on their habits, etc. Part I.'' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 185–233 * Hutton, F.W. (ed.) 1873. ''Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of species.'' Wellington : Government Printer 116 pp. * Verco, J.C. 1909. ''Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XII.'' Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 293–342 * Laseron, C. 1954. ''Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca).'' Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales pp. 56, pls 1–12. * Hedley, C. 1922. ''A revision of the Australian Turridae.'' Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 * Powell, A.W.B. 1966. ''The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species.'' Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1–23

External links

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Gastropods.com: ''Turrella letourneuxiana''

MNHN, Paris: specimen
letourneuxiana Gastropods described in 1865 Gastropods of Australia {{Clathurellidae-stub