Turridrupa acutigemmata

Turridrupa acutigemmata
Shell of Turridrupa acutigemmata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Turridrupa
Species:	T. acutigemmata
Binomial name
Turridrupa acutigemmata (E.A. Smith, 1877)
Synonyms
Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) acutigemmata (E.A. Smith, 1877). Pleurotoma (Turris) acutigemmata Smith E. A., 1877 (original combination) Pleurotoma acutigemmata var. minor E. A. Smith, 1904 Turris (Tomopleura) acutigemmata (E.A. Smith, 1877).

Turridrupa acutigemmata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 9 mm and 30.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa; Mozambique; Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Fiji Islands, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Queensland (Australia).

References

• Schepman, M.M. 1913. Toxoglossa. pp. 384–396 in Weber, M. & de Beaufort, L.F. (eds). The Prosobranchia, Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia Tectibranchiata, Tribe Bullomorpha, of the Siboga Expedition. Monograph 49. Siboga Expeditie 32(2)
• Melvill, J.C. 1917. A revision of the Turridae (Pleurotomidae) occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea as evidenced mostly through the results of dredgings carried out by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893–1914. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 12(4-5): 140-201
• Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
• 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
• Powell, A.W.B. 1968. The turrid shellfish of Australian waters. Australian Natural History 1 16: 1–6
• Shuto, T. 1975. Notes on type species of some turrid genera based on the type specimens in the British Museum (N.H.). Venus 33(4): 161-175
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [
• Kilburn R.N. (1988). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drillinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 29(1): 167-320
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa,

External links

• Smith EA. 1877. Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Ann Mag. Nat Hist. 4 (19):488–501
• Smith, E. A. (1904). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine survey steamer 'Investigator,' Commander T. H. Heming, R.N. —Series III., No. 1. On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 7, 13 (78): 453-473
• Hedley, C. (1922). A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum. 13 (6): 213-359
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.