Iotyrris notata explained

Iotyrris notata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 60 mm.

The white, elongate, fusiform shell is transversely finely ridged throughout, the numerous ridges being articulated with minute brown dots. The spire is acuminate. The shell contains fourteen, flattish whorls. These are on top angulate and excavated below the suture. The body whorl is somewhat rounded, contracted at its base and somewhat produced. The ovate aperture is dirty white. The columella is straight and smooth. The outer lip is arcuate. The sinus is rather deeply emarginate. The siphonal canal is short.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hong Kong, Vietnam and Japan.

External links

• • Abdelkrim, J.; Aznar-Cormano, L.; Buge, B.; Fedosov, A.; Kantor, Y.; Zaharias, P.; Puillandre, N. (2018). Delimiting species of marine gastropods (Turridae, Conoidea) using RAD sequencing in an integrative taxonomy framework. Molecular Ecology. 27(22): 4591-4611
• MNHN, Paris: specimen

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Iotyrris notata (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1311379 on 2021-03-28
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28691272 Sowerby, G. B., III. (1889). Descriptions of fourteen new species of shells from China, Japan, and the Andaman Islands, chiefly collected by Deputy Surgeon-Gen. R. Hungerford. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 56: 565-570, pl. 28.