Turrisipho fenestratus

Turrisipho fenestratus
Shell of Turrisipho fenestratus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Colidae
Genus:	Turrisipho
Species:	T. fenestratus
Binomial name
Turrisipho fenestratus (Turton, 1834)
Synonyms
Buccinum fusiforme Broderip, 1830(invalid: junior homonym of Buccinum fusiforme Borson, 1822) Colus fusiformis (Broderip, 1830) Fusus fenestratus W. Turton, 1834 (original combination) Neptunia ecaudis Locard, 1897 Neptunia fusiformis (Broderip, 1830) Neptunia fusiformis var. gracilis Locard, 1897 Neptunia fusiformis var. minor Locard, 1897 · Neptunia peregra Locard, 1897

Turrisipho fenestratus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.

Description

The length of the shell attains 69 mm (2.7 in).

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Iceland

External links

• Turton W. (1834). Description of some nondescript and rare British species of shells. Magazine of Natural History 7: 350-353
• Broderip, W.J. (1830). Description of two new species of Buccinum from the English and Irish seas. The Zoological Journal. 5: 44-46
• Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson
• Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1985). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Neogastropoda excluding Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. supplement 1: 121-296