Turritella sanguinea

Turritella sanguinea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.

Turritella sanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Turritellidae
Subfamily:	Turritellinae
Genus:	Turritella
Species:	T. sanguinea
Binomial name
Turritella sanguinea Reeve, 1849
Synonyms
Turritella (Haustator) sanguinea Reeve, 1849 Turritella puncticulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 Turritella punctulata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 (Incorrect subsequent spelling of synonym) Turritella salisburyi Tomlin, 1925 (Original combination - Synonym) Turritella sanguinea salisburyi Tomlin, 1925 Turritella sanguinea sanguinea Reeve, 1849

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Alfred to Southern KwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

References

• Sowerby, G.B. Jr. (1870). Descriptions of Forty-eight new Species of Shells. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1870): 249-259
• Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1925) Reports on the Marine Mollusca in the Collections of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum. Vol. 20(4) (7), pp. 309–316.
• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp
• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.
• Martens, E. von & Thiele, J. (1904) Die beschalten Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898–1899. in Chun, C. (Ed.) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. Vol. 7. pp. 1–180, Pls 1-29 & 1 text figure.
• Kobelt, W. (1897) Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Bd. 1, Abt. 27. Die Gattung Turritella. Nürnberg, Baner & Raspe. pp. 1–81, pls 1-21
• Sowerby, G.B., III. (1892) Marine Shells of South Africa. G.B. Sowerby, London, iv + 89 pp., 5 pls.
• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.

External links

• Reeve, L.A. (1849). Monograph of the genus Turritella. In: Conchologia Iconica. vol. 5, pl. 1-11 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
• Tryon G.W., jr. (1886). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. (1)8: Naticidae, Calyptraeidae, Turritellidae, Vermetidae, Caecidae, Eulimidae, Turbonillidae, Pyramidellidae. pp. 1-461, pls. 1-79, Philadelphia, published by the author
• Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
• Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg