Tenaturris decora is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Tenaturris decora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Tenaturris
Species:
T. decora
Binomial name
Tenaturris decora
(Smith E. A., 1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma costata Reeve, L.A., 1845 (renamed)
  • Pleurotoma (Mangilia) decora Smith E. A., 1882

Description edit

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and the Lesser Antilles; also off Northern Brazil.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Tenaturris decora (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.

External links edit

  • Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Tenaturris decora". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.