Turrisipho lachesis

Turrisipho lachesis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colidae, the true whelks and the like.^[1]

Turrisipho lachesis
= Drawing of a shell of Turrisipho lachesis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Colidae
Genus:	Turrisipho
Species:	T. lachesis
Binomial name
Turrisipho lachesis (Mørch, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
Colus lachesis (Mørch, 1869) Fusus lachesis Mørch, 1869 Fusus (Siphonorbis) lachesis Mörch, 186 (basionym) Neptunea lachesis (Mörch, 1869) Sipho (Tritonofusus) costiferus Posselt & A. S. Jensen, 1898 Sipho costiferus Posselt, 1898 Sipho undulatus Friele, 1881 Turrisipho undulatus (Friele in Tryon, 1881) ·

Description

The length of the shell attains 44.1 mm. The shell is pinkish white under a coriaceous epidermis.^[2]

Distribution

Range: 74°N to 46.08°N; 78°W to 0°W. Distribution: Greenland; Greenland: West Greenland, East Greenland; Canada; Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands; also off Norway and the Barents Sea