Tritonoturris phaula explained

Tritonoturris phaula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7.7 mm (holotype) and 8.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off False Bay, East London, South Africa

References

• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.

External links

• Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214
• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .