Turritella ligar, common name : the Ligar screw shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.[2]

Turritella ligar
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T. ligar
Binomial name
Turritella ligar
Synonyms[2]

Turritella flammulata Kiener, 1843–44

Description edit

The shell grows to a length of 90 mm

Distribution edit

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal, Guinea and Gabon.

References edit

  • Deshayes, G. P., 1843, Anim. S. Vert. 9: 261
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp

External links edit

  • "Turritella ligar". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 January 2011.