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Turris venusta

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Turris venusta, common name the comely pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 49 mm and 109 mm.

(Original description) The shell has a stoutly fusiform shape. It is yellowish and spotted with dark brown. The whorls are rounded and transversely many-ribbed, obliquely spotted. The upper part is depressed, vividly painted with larger spots . The siphonal canal is long.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

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