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Funa tayloriana

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Funa tayloriana
Shell of Funa tayloriana (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Funa
Species:
F. tayloriana
Binomial name
Funa tayloriana
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia tayloriana (Reeve, 1846)
  • Drillia topaza J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901
  • Inquisitor taylorianus (Reeve, 1846)
  • Pleurotoma tayloriana Reeve, 1846
  • Pleurotoma (Drillia) crenularis var. tayloriana Reeve, 1846
  • Turris (Inquisitor) tayloriana (Reeve, 1846)

Funa tayloriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Mozambique and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References

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  1. ^ a b Funa tayloriana (Reeve, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
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  • Specimen at MNHN, Paris
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • "Funa tayloriana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.