Turritella capensis

Turritella capensis, common name the waxy screw shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.^[2]

Turritella capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Turritellidae
Genus:	Turritella
Species:	T. capensis
Binomial name
Turritella capensis (Krauss, 1848)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Protoma (Protomella) capensis (Krauss, 1848) Protoma capensis (Krauss, 1848) Protomella capensis (Krauss, 1848) Turritella knysnaensis Krauss, 1848

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the coast of South Africa.