Turriplicifer australis | |
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Shell of Turriplicifer australis (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Turriplicifer |
Species: | T. australis
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Binomial name | |
Turriplicifer australis (Swainson, 1820)
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Turriplicifer australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]
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]
This marine species is endemic to Australia: South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.