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Tiariturris spectabilis

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Tiariturris spectabilis
Shell of Tiariturris spectabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Tiariturris
Species:
T. spectabilis
Binomial name
Tiariturris spectabilis
Berry, 1958

Tiariturris spectabilis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 55 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs from the Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico, to Colombia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Tiariturris spectabilis Berry, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Berry, Samuel Stillman. "West American molluscan miscellany. II." Leaflets in Malacology 1.16 (1958): 91–98.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Gastropods.com: Tiariturris spectabilis