Turridrupa albogemmata
| Turridrupa albogemmata | |
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| Shell of Turridrupa albogemmata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Turridrupa |
| Species: | T. albogemmata |
| Binomial name | |
| Turridrupa albogemmata Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2011 | |
Turridrupa albogemmata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Description
T. albogemmata is very similar to T. acutigemmata in shape, although broader and with a more elevated second spiral cord. It's shell can reach up to 22.1 mm. with about 8 whorls and a spire about twice the hight of its aperture. Its colorations is "light brown with cream and brown shadings, subsutural region beeing darker and the gemmules of the sinus spiral cord beeing creamy white; last whorl with diffuse cream coloured maculation, the base and siphonal canal are creamy white."[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Mactan Island, Philippines.
References
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- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Turridrupa albogemmata Stahlschmidt & Fraussen, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571639 on 2022-12-10
- ↑ Stahlschmidt, Peter; Kantor, Yuri I.; Zuccon, Dario; Olivera, Baldomero M.; Puillandre, Nicolas (2025). "Revision of the genus Turridrupa (Gastropoda, Turridae) with description of 15 new species". Zootaxa. 5708 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5708.1.1.
- Stahlschmidt P. & Fraussen K. (2011) Two new species of Turridrupa from the Philippines (Gastropoda: Turridae: Turrinae). Miscellanea Malacologica 5(1): 17–21.