''Turrisipho dalli'' is a

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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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in the

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Colidae The Colidae are a taxonomic family of large sea snails, belonging to the superfamily Buccinoidea. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Colidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ap ...

, the true whelks.

Description

The length of the shell attains .

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off

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References

External links

Tryon, G. W. (1880-1881). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, ser. 1., vol. 3: Tritonidae, Fusidae, Buccinidae. pp 1-310, pls 1-87. Philadelphia, published by the author

Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296.
Colidae Gastropods described in 1881 {{Buccinidae-stub