Turridrupa


Turridrupa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Description

The solid shell has a cylindro-fusiform. Its colour is usually monochrome, sometimes brown orange or yellow. The protoconch consists of two smooth turbinate whorls, followed by a whorl ornamented with close arcuate riblets. The adult sculpture consists of numerous revolving keels, one or more of which may break up into bead rows. The fasciole is indefinite. The siphonal notch has a short subcircular incision with a raised margin. The aperture shows revolving ridges on the palate.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific and off Australia.

Species

Species within the genus Turridrupa include:Turridrupa acutigemmata
;Species brought into synonymy:Turridrupa barkliensis H. Adams, 1869: synonym of Drillia barkliensis Turridrupa cerithina : synonym of Crassispira cerithina Turridrupa fastosa : synonym of Microdrillia fastosa