Purpuraturris cryptorraphe explained

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

Description

The length of the shell 70 mm, its maximum diameter 18 mm.

The shell has a yellowish brown to chestnut-color. It contains two strong sharp keels, and smaller revolving lines. The aperture is frequently tinged with purple.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia and Philippines to Papua New Guinea and east to Marshall Islands and Fiji; Queensland, Australia.

References

• Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1–256, pls 1-32.
• Schepman, M.M. 1913. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 5. Toxoglossa. Resultats Siboga-Expeditie 49(1): 365–452, pls 25-30
• Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
• Shikama, T. 1964. Selected shells of the world illustrated in colours. Tokyo : Hokuryu-Kan Vol. 2 pp. 1–212.
• Kilburn, R.N., Fedosov, A.E., Olivera, B.M. 2012. Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda:Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1-58

External links

• Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp
• Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign. Richard Taylor, London. Iv (+1) + 59 pp., plates 1-8
• Kiener L.C. 1839-1842. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 5. Famille des Canalifères. Première partie. Genres Cérite (Cerithium), Adanson, pp. 1-104, pl. 1-32
• Chase, K., Watkins, M., Safavi-Hemami, H. & Olivera, B. M. (2022). Integrating venom peptide libraries into a phylogenetic and broader biological framework. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 9: 784419
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Purpuraturris cryptorraphe (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609232 on 2022-11-16
2. https://ia600307.us.archive.org/10/items/manualconch06tryorich/manualconch06tryorich.pdf G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences