Belaturricula turrita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Belaturricula
Species:
B. turrita
Binomial name
Belaturricula turrita
(Strebel, 1908)
Synonyms[1]

Bela turrita Strebel, 1908

Belaturricula turrita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

There are two subspecies :

  • Belaturricula turrita multispiralis Dell, 1990
  • Belaturricula turrita turrita (Strebel, 1908): represented as Belaturricula turrita (Strebel, 1908)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Antarctic waters of the Scotia Sea and off the South Shetlands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

References

  • Antarctic Invertebrates : Belaturricula turrita; accessed : 13 August 2011
  • Schiaparelli, Stefano, Anne-Nina Lörz, and Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti. "Diversity and distribution of mollusc assemblages on the Victoria Land coast and the Balleny Islands, Ross Sea, Antarctica." Antarctic Science 18.04 (2006): 615–631
  • "Belaturricula turrita turrita". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • "Belaturricula turrita multispiralis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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