Turriplicifer australis

Turriplicifer australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1][2]

Turriplicifer australis
Shell of Turriplicifer australis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Turriplicifer
Species:	T. australis
Binomial name
Turriplicifer australis (Swainson, 1820)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra australis Swainson, 1820 Mitra vincentiana Verco, 1896 junior homonym (not Cossmann, 1881) Vexillum (Pusia) australe (Swainson, 1820) Vexillum (Pusia) australe (Swainson, 1820)

Description

The length of the shell attains 37.7 mm.

The smooth shell is polished. It is brown, with a broad yellowish band stained with chestnut.^[3]

The shell is turreted, with dark brown bands and cinnamon-spotted white bands.^[4]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia: South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.