Tachyrhynchus erosus

Tachyrhynchus erosus, common name the eroded turretsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.^[1]

Tachyrhynchus erosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Turritellidae
Genus:	Tachyrhynchus
Species:	T. erosus
Binomial name
Tachyrhynchus erosus (Couthouy, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
List Tachyrhynchus erosus major Dall, 1919 Tachyrhynchus erosus var. major Dall, 1919 Tachyrhynchus spitzbergensis Golikov, 1986 Turritella erosa Couthouy, 1838 Turritella polaris Möller, 1842

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 35 mm.^[2]

Tachyrhynchus erosus is commonly found in sandy and muddy substrates in the Gulf of Mexico and along the southeastern coast of the United States, where it lives on the ocean floor as a benthic marine gastropod.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 13 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 457 m.^[2]