Turriplicifer australis

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Turriplicifer australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]

Turriplicifer australis
Shell of Turriplicifer australis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Turriplicifer
Species:
T. australis
Binomial name
Turriplicifer australis
(Swainson, 1820)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra australis Swainson, 1820
  • Mitra vincentiana Verco, 1896 junior homonym (not Cossmann, 1881)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) australe (Swainson, 1820)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) australe (Swainson, 1820)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 37.7 mm.

The smooth shell is polished. It is brown, with a broad yellowish band stained with chestnut.[3]

The shell is turreted, with dark brown bands and cinnamon-spotted white bands.[4]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia: South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Turriplicifer australis (Swainson, 1820). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957162 on 2018-12-31
  2. ^ Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
  3. ^ Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
  4. ^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
  • Swainson, W. 1820. Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their natural affinities. Vol. 1. London : Baldwin & Craddock 1st Series pls 1–18.
  • Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1833. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 2 pp. 321–686.
  • Verco, J.C. 1896. Descriptions of new species of marine Mollusca of South Australia. Part I. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 217-232
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 18
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