Kuroshioturris oahuensis

Kuroshioturris oahuensis
Shell of Kuroshioturris oahuensis(holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Kuroshioturris
Species:
K. oahuensis
Binomial name
Kuroshioturris oahuensis
Powell, 1969
Synonyms[1]

Comitas oahuensis A. W. B. Powell, 1969 superseded combination

Kuroshioturris oahuensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16.8 mm and 17.25 mm, the diameter between 6.9 mm and 7.75 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.

References

  • Wiedrick, S. G. (2025). Synopsis, classification and revision of molluscan turri-form conoidean fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, with the description of 89 new species and four new genera. BabyBook & Shawn Greggory Wiedrick, Pennsauken & Los Angeles. pp. 1-340.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1969. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part. 2. The subfamily Turriculinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(10): 207โ€“415, pls 188โ€“324
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1โ€“1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
  • Biolib.cz: Comitas ohuaensis