Purpuraturris cryptorraphe

Purpuraturris cryptorraphe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Purpuraturris
Species:
P. cryptorrhaphe
Binomial name
Purpuraturris cryptorrhaphe
(Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex bicarinatus W. Wood, 1828 ·
  • Pleurotoma 'Hemipleurotoma) cryptorrhaphe Sowerby I, 1825
  • Pleurotoma woodii Kiener, 1839
  • Turris cryptorrhaphe (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) superseded combination
  • Turris (Polystira) cryptorrhaphe (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) (subgeneric combination)
  • Turris woodii L.C. Kiener, 1840

Purpuraturris cryptorrhaphe is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell 70 mm, its maximum diameter 18 mm.

The shell has a yellowish brown to chestnut-color. It contains two strong sharp keels, and smaller revolving lines. The aperture is frequently tinged with purple.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Indonesia and Philippines to Papua New Guinea and east to Marshall Islands and Fiji; Queensland, Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Purpuraturris cryptorraphe (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609232 on 2022-11-16
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1–256, pls 1-32.
  • Schepman, M.M. 1913. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 5. Toxoglossa. Resultats Siboga-Expeditie 49(1): 365–452, pls 25-30
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
  • Shikama, T. 1964. Selected shells of the world illustrated in colours. Tokyo : Hokuryu-Kan Vol. 2 pp. 1–212.
  • Kilburn, R.N., Fedosov, A.E., Olivera, B.M. 2012. Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda:Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1-58
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