Turris ambages
| Turris ambages | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Turris |
| Species: | T. ambages
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| Binomial name | |
| Turris ambages Barnard, 1958
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Turris ambages is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 31 mm
Distribution
This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), Mozambique and the Philippines.
References
- ^ a b Turris ambages Barnard, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- 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.
- Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
External links
- Barnard, K. H. (1958). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa. Annals of the South African Museum. 44(1): 73-163
- Kilburn, R.N. (1983) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Subfamily Turrinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 25, 549–585.