Tritonoturris amabilis

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

Tritonoturris amabilis
Shell of Tritonoturris amabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Tritonoturris
Species:	T. amabilis
Binomial name
Tritonoturris amabilis (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella amabilis (Hinds, 1843) Clathurella elegans Pease, 1860 (junior synonym) Clathurella robillardi H. Adams, 1869 (original combination) Clavatula amabilis Hinds, 1843 Pleurotoma amabilis Reeve, 1846 Tritonoturris robillardi (H. Adams, 1869)

This species was placed in this genus by A.W.B. Powell in 1966.^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm.

The thin, white shell shows distant, thin, ridge-like ribs, and distant revolving lirae, more closely striate at the base. (described as Clathurella robillardi)

The shell contains nine whorls. The few ribs are distant and narrow. The revolving striae are fine and close. The color is pale orange-brown, the body whorl shows a narrow white band, the suture is ornamented with white spots. (described as Clathurella amabilis).^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius, Southeast Asia; Indonesia; the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.