Tritonoturris scalaris

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

Tritonoturris scalaris
Shell of Tritonoturris scalaris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Tritonoturris
Species:	T. scalaris
Binomial name
Tritonoturris scalaris (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella scalaris Tryon, 1884 Clavatula scalaris Hinds, 1843 (original combination) Pleurotoma scalaris Reeve, 1845 Tritonoturris concinnus B.-Q. Li & X.-Z. Li, 2007

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 12 mm and 17 mm.

The ribs are rounded, running into the suture, like the lamellae of Scalaria, closely transversely striate. The whorls are convex, with well-impressed sutures. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown, with a narrow indistinct chestnut zone below the middle of the body whorl.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South China Sea and off Western Thailand to Indonesia