''Turridrupa bijubata'', common name the crested turrid, 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

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mollusk in the family

Clavatulidae Clavatulidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. The family is not well differentiated morphologically. Clavatulidae was raised, based on cladistic analysis, from subfamily to the family ...

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 11 mm and 25 mm. The color of the shell is chocolate-brown, encircled by narrow, lighter-colored keels The second keel, which is somewhat stronger than the others, is often broken up into small tubercles. The interior of the aperture is chocolate-colored. 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 short. It is distinguished from ''

Turridrupa cincta ''Turridrupa cincta'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. Description The length of the broad shell attains 20 mm. The spire is convex in outline, slightly acuminated towards the tip. ...

'' (Lamarck, 1822) by its narrower form, a longer spire, sharper ridges and a darker color. The sinus apex is situated at end of the mid-shoulder cord. The cords are smooth with a buff color on dark brown ground. 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

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution : off Mozambique, Madagascar to

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, the

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and

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References

* Reeve, L.A. 1843. ''Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma''. pls 1–18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. * Schmeltz, J.D.K. 1869. ''Museum Godeffroy. Catalog 4.'' Hamburg : Wilhelm Mauke Söhne xxxix 141 pp. * Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. ''Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances''. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123-214 * Hedley, C. 1922. ''A revision of the Australian Turridae''. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42-56 * Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). ''Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar.'' Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III * Habe, T. 1964. ''Shells of the Western Pacific in color.'' Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. * Powell, A.W.B. 1967. ''The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1a. The Turrinae concluded.'' Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 409–443, pls 298-317 * Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. T''ropical Pacific Marine Shells''. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. * Kay, E.A. 1979. ''Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca''. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. * Wilson, B. 1994. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turridrupa Bijubata bijubata Gastropods described in 1843