Turrilatirus turritus

Turrilatirus turritus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Turrilatirus turritus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Turrilatirus
Species:	T. turritus
Binomial name
Turrilatirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Latirus turrita (Gmelin, 1791) Latirus turritus (Gmelin, 1791) Latirulus turritus (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta turrita Gmelin, 1791

Description

The length of the shell attains 65 mm.

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution: the Red Sea, Mozambique, South Africa, the Mascarenes, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Japan, Australia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands.