Turridrupa jubata

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  • Pleurotoma jubata Reeve, 1843
  • Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) jubata Hinds, 1843

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Turridrupa jubata, common name the crested pleurotoma, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.{{WRMS species|345702|Turridrupa jubata (Reeve, 1843)||4 April 2010}}

Description

The length of the shell attains 33.7 mm.

The smooth shell is acuminately fusiform. It is yellowish brown, the anterior end is white. The whorls are many-keeled. The middle keel is the largest, with a beaded row of granules immediately over it (about 25 per whorl). The siphonal canal is rather short. [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11119161 Reeve LA. 1843–46. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. Conchologia Iconica, or Illustra-tions of the shells of molluscous animals. London: Reeve Brothers. Vol. 1: pls 1–18(1843), pl. 19 (1844), pls 20–33 (1845); pls 34– 40, index and errata (1846)]

The sinus apex is situated at the end of the mid-shoulder cord. The sinus cord is finely gemmate.

The whorls are covered with several keels, of which the middle one is the largest. They contain a beaded row of granules immediately over it. The shell is yellowish brown. [https://ia600307.us.archive.org/10/items/manualconch06tryorich/manualconch06tryorich.pdf G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] {{PD-notice}}

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea

References

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  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.