Tritonoturris secta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Tritonoturris secta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Tritonoturris
Species:
T. secta
Binomial name
Tritonoturris secta
(Sowerby, G.B. II, 1870)
Synonyms

Defrancia secta Sowerby, G.B. II, 1870

Description

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The length of the shell attains 20 mm, its diameter 6.9 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the South China Sea.

References

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  • Sowerby G.B. 1870 - Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 249–259, pls 21–22
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
  • Gastropods.com: Tritonoturris secta