Turridrupa jubata explained

Turridrupa jubata, common name the crested pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Description

The length of the shell attains 33.7 mm.

The smooth shell is acuminately fusiform. It is yellowish brown, the anterior end is white. The whorls are many-keeled. The middle keel is the largest, with a beaded row of granules immediately over it (about 25 per whorl). The siphonal canal is rather short. ^[1]

The sinus apex is situated at the end of the mid-shoulder cord. The sinus cord is finely gemmate.

The whorls are covered with several keels, of which the middle one is the largest. They contain a beaded row of granules immediately over it. The shell is yellowish brown. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea

References

• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

• Yuri I. Kantor, On the morphology and homology of the “central tooth” in the radulae of Turrinae (Conoidea: Turridae) ; Ruthenica, 2006, 16(1-2): 47-52.

Notes and References

1. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119161 Reeve LA. 1843–46. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. Conchologia Iconica, or Illustra-tions of the shells of molluscous animals. London: Reeve Brothers. Vol. 1: pls 1–18(1843), pl. 19 (1844), pls 20–33 (1845); pls 34– 40, index and errata (1846)
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