Turridrupa aureoresina
| Turridrupa aureoresina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Turridrupa |
| Species: | T. aureoresina |
| Binomial name | |
| Turridrupa aureoresina Stahlschmidt, Pauillandre, B.M. Ovivera & Kantor, 2025. | |
Turridrupa aureoresina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Description
Turridrupa aureoresina is small for its genus. Its shell reaches up to 14.5 mm, narrowly claviform, and with 7-8 whorls in its spire. It resembles T. deceptrix but has slightly stronger spiral cords with well-developed gemmules. Its protoconch is and first few whorls are off-white to pale brown. It then transitions into dark reddish brown with paler colored spiral cords.[2]
Distribution
Turridrupa aureoresina has been found in the Philippines and Japan at depths of 20 to 40 m.[2]
References
- ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Turridrupa aureoresina Stahlschmidt, Puillandre, B.M. Olivera & Kantor, 2025". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
- 1 2 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.
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