Turridrupa jubata

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

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 33.7 mm.

The smooth shell is acuminately fusiform. It is yellowish brown, the anterior end is white. The whorls are many-keeled. The middle keel is the largest, with a beaded row of granules immediately over it (about 25 per whorl). The siphonal canal is rather short. ^[2]

The sinus apex is situated at the end of the mid-shoulder cord. The sinus cord is finely gemmate.

The whorls are covered with several keels, of which the middle one is the largest. They contain a beaded row of granules immediately over it. The shell is yellowish brown. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea