Turridrupa astricta

Turridrupa astricta, common name the laced pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

Turridrupa astricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Turridrupa
Species:	T. astricta
Binomial name
Turridrupa astricta (Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
Pleurotoma astricta Reeve, 1843

The subspecies Turridrupa astricta consobrina Powell, 1967 is a synonym of Turridrupa consobrina Powell, 1967 (original rank)

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.5 mm.

(Original description) The shell is cylindrically oblong and spirally grooved. The whorls are convex, pale yellow and tricarinated. The keels are almost obsolete, the middle keel delicately laced with an articulated chain of white and reddish brown. The siphonal canal and the aperture are short.^[2]

The sinus apex is at the end of the peripheral cord, which is maculated with white and brown dashes.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands and Cook Islands; off New Caledonia and Queensland, Australia.