Turcica monilifera

Turcica monilifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eucyclidae.^[1][2]

Turcica monilifera
Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Turcica monilifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Calliotropidae
Genus:	Turcica
Species:	T. monilifera
Binomial name
Turcica monilifera A. Adams, 1854
Synonyms[1]
Turcica coreensis Pease, 1860

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 30 mm. The thin shell is conoidal, subdiaphanous and imperforate. Its color is, tawny golden-shining. The whorls are a little convex. They are sculptured with spiral beaded cinguli. Their interstices are obliquely striate. The sutures are canaliculate. The base of the shell is convex, with granose cinguli, some granules marked with brown. The aperture is suborbicular. The columella is spiral above, produced into a tooth below. The margin of the lip is acute and lirate inside.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Japan and in Moreton Bay, Australia.