Kuroshioturris hyugaensis explained

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

Fossils of † Gemmula (Kuroshioturris) hyugaensis have been found in Lowest Pliocene strata, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

• Shuto T. (1961). Conacean gastropods from the Miyazaki Group (Paleontological study of the Miyazaki Group-IX). Memoirs of the Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, series D, Geology. 11(2): 71-150, pls 3-10.
• Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 p

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Kuroshioturris hyugaensis (Shuto, 1961). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1058735 on 2021-04-18