Turris cryptorrhaphe (G. B. Sowerby I 1825)

Purpuraturris cryptorrhaphe is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell 70 mm, its maximum diameter 18 mm.

The shell has a yellowish brown to chestnut-color. It contains two strong sharp keels, and smaller revolving lines. The aperture is frequently tinged with purple.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia and Philippines to Papua New Guinea and east to Marshall Islands and Fiji; Queensland, Australia.

References

• Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1–256, pls 1-32.
• Schepman, M.M. 1913. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 5. Toxoglossa. Resultats Siboga-Expeditie 49(1): 365–452, pls 25-30
• Powell, A.W.B. 1964. The Family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. The Subfamily Turrinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 227-346
• Shikama, T. 1964. Selected shells of the world illustrated in colours. Tokyo : Hokuryu-Kan Vol. 2 pp. 1–212.
• Kilburn, R.N., Fedosov, A.E., Olivera, B.M. 2012. Revision of the genus Turris Batsch, 1789 (Gastropoda:Conoidea: Turridae) with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 3244: 1-58