Turritella sanguinea

Species of gastropod

Turritella sanguinea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Turritellidae
Genus:	Turritella
Species:	T. sanguinea
Binomial name
*Turritella sanguinea* Reeve, 1849^[1]
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

Turritella sanguinea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.^[2]

Description

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

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

^ Reeve, 1849 Conch. Icon. 5 (Turritella, Mesalia, Eglisia). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 May 2010.
^ Turritella sanguinea Reeve, 1849. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

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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
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