Turritella ligar

Turritella ligar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Turritellidae
Subfamily: Turritellinae
Genus: Turritella
Species: T. ligar
Binomial name
Turritella ligar
Deshayes, 1843[1]
Synonyms[2]

Turritella flammulata Kiener, 1843-44

Turritella ligar, common name : the Ligar screw shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 90 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Senegal, Guinea and Gabon.

References

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