Tritonoturris oxyclathrus explained

Tritonoturris oxyclathrus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

This species was placed in this genus in 2010 by Baoquan Li, Xinzheng Li, and Richard N. Kilburn.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 31 mm.

The whorls are clathrate by distant longitudinal and revolving lirae, forming nodes at the intersections. The interstices are finely cancellate. The sinus is narrow and deep. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Guinea, the Philippines and in the South China Sea.

References

• Martens E. 1880. Conchologische Mittheilungen als Fortsetzung der Novitates Conchologicae. Vol. 1. Cassel: Theodor Fischer.

External links

• Li B.-Q. [Baoquan] & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17-18): 999-1025
• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonoturris oxyclathrus (Martens, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759412 on 2020-04-13
2. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2013.861939 Li, Baoquan, Xinzheng Li, and Richard N. Kilburn. "Report on the Genus Tritonoturris (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South China Sea." (2010)
3. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences