Turriplicifer australis
Shell of Turriplicifer australis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Turriplicifer
Species:
T. australis
Binomial name
Turriplicifer australis
(Swainson, 1820)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra australis Swainson, 1820
  • Mitra vincentiana Verco, 1896 junior homonym (not Cossmann, 1881)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) australe (Swainson, 1820)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) australe (Swainson, 1820)

Turriplicifer australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 37.7 mm.

The smooth shell is polished. It is brown, with a broad yellowish band stained with chestnut.[3]

The shell is turreted, with dark brown bands and cinnamon-spotted white bands.[4]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia: South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Turriplicifer australis (Swainson, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957162 on 2018-12-31
  2. ^ Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
  3. ^ Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
  4. ^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published

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