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Turritriton
Turritriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Cymatiidae. This is often still regarded merely as a subgenus of the genus ''Cymatium (gastropod), Cymatium''. Description (Description as ''Tritoniscus'') Forms with subturbinate body with flat-topped turriculate whorls, a short spire and siphonal canal, subumbilicate, with a single large and heavy terminal varix and narrow callus on the body. Distribution This genus occurs in tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific Oceans, western Americas, America, and the Caribbean Sea. Species The genus ''Turritriton'' contains the following species: * ''Turritriton fittkaui'' (Parth, 1991) * ''Turritriton gibbosus'' (Broderip, 1833) - type species * † ''Turritriton grundensis'' (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1884) * ''Turritriton kobelti'' (Von Maltzan, 1884) * ''Turritriton labiosus'' (Wood, 1828) * ''Turritriton pharcida'' (Dall, 1889) * ''Turritriton tenuiliratus'' (Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turritriton Grundensis
Turritriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cymatiidae. This is often still regarded merely as a subgenus of the genus ''Cymatium''. Description (Description as ''Tritoniscus'') Forms with subturbinate body with flat-topped turriculate whorls, a short spire and siphonal canal, subumbilicate, with a single large and heavy terminal varix and narrow callus on the body. Distribution This genus occurs in tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific Oceans, western America, and the Caribbean Sea. Species The genus ''Turritriton'' contains the following species: * '' Turritriton fittkaui'' (Parth, 1991) * '' Turritriton gibbosus'' (Broderip, 1833) - type species * † '' Turritriton grundensis'' (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1884) * '' Turritriton kobelti'' (Von Maltzan, 1884) * ''Turritriton labiosus'' (Wood, 1828) * ''Turritriton pharcida Turritriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turritriton Tenuiliratus
''Turritriton tenuiliratus'', common name: the thin-lined triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. Description The shell size varies between 30 mm and 60 mm Distribution This species has a wide distribution. It can be found in European waters, the Canary Islands, in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ... and Japan. References * Gofas S. & Beu A. (2003). ''Tonnoidean Gastropods of the North Atlantic seamounts and the Azores''. American Malacological Bulletin 17(1–2): 91–108 * Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. ''Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico'', Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turritriton Labiosus
''Turritriton labiosus'', also known as ''Cymatium labiosum'', CLEMAM, accessed 17 February 2011. is a of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the |
Turritriton Kobelti
''Turritriton kobelti'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. This species is a possible synonym or subspecies of '' Turritriton gibbosus''. Only genetic investigation can tell. Description The shell size varies between 14 mm and 42 mm Distribution This species is found in European waters and in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola, Gabon, Cape Verde, Ghana and Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣� .... References * Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). ''Coquillages du Gabon'' hells of Gabon Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates External links * Maltzan, H. F. von. (1884). Diagnosen neuer Senegambischer Gastropoden. Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen. Malakozooologischen Gesellschaft 16: 65-73 {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turritriton Gibbosus
''Turritriton gibbosus'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae. Description (Described as ''Cymatium adairense'') The length of the shell measures 33 mm. It contains four glassy, smooth nepionic whorls and four and a half subsequent whorls. The color of the shell is pale brownish, somewhat darker on the prominences. The sculpture consists of about two varices to a whorl, less on the earlier whorls. On the last two whorls the lines joining the varices are nearly at right angles to each other. The portion of the whorls behind the periphery is flattened, thus making the periphery very prominent. Upon it between each pair of varices are three prominent nodules. At the corresponding point on the varices is a conspicuous angle, almost a spine, but the remainder of the varical edge is rounded or crenate by the spiral sculpture. The only other axial sculpture is the sharp sulci which cut the spirals. These spirals are numerous, cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cymatium (gastropod)
''Cymatium'' is a genus of small to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...s in the family (biology), family Cymatiidae. This genus has numerous species, perhaps as many as 100, some of which have a cosmopolitan distribution, worldwide distribution. The genus has been divided into at least 10 subgenera. Some authors have elevated those subgenera, giving them the full status of genera, but this is by no means universally accepted. Fossil records This genus is known in the fossil records from the Eocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 55.8 to 0.012 million years ago). Description These sea snails have separate sexes. They lay egg capsules. After hatching, the larvae have a planktonic stage that can (in some species) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae is a family of large sea snails in the superfamily Tonnoidea and the order Littorinimorpha. Members of this family are predators. Genera The family Cymatiidae contains the following genera: * '' Argobuccinum'' Herrmannsen, 1846 * ''Austrosassia'' Finlay, 1931 * '' Austrotriton'' Cossmann, 1903 * ''Cabestana'' Röding, 1798 * ''Cymatiella'' Iredale, 1924 * '' Cymatium'' Roding, 1798 * ''Cymatona'' Iredale, 1929 * '' Distorsomina'' Beu, 1998 * ''Fusitriton'' Cossmann, 1903 * ''Gelagna'' Schauffus, 1869 * '' Gutturnium'' Mørch, 1852 * ''Gyrineum'' Link, 1807 * ''Halgyrineum'' Beu, 1998 * '' Linatella'' Gray, 1857 * ''Lotoria'' Emerson & Old, 1963 * '' Monoplex'' Perry, 1810 * ''Personella'' Conrad, 1865 * ''Proxicharonia'' Powell, 1938 * '' Ranularia'' Schumacher, 1817 * '' Reticutriton'' Habe & Kosuge, 1966 * '' Sassia'' Bellardi, 1873 * '' Septa'' Perry, 1810 * ''Turritriton Turritriton is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gastropod Shell
The gastropod shell is part of the body of a Gastropoda, gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium storage. Some gastropods appear shell-less (slugs) but may have a remnant within the mantle, or in some cases the shell is reduced such that the body cannot be retracted within it (semi-slug). Some snails also possess an operculum that seals the opening of the shell, known as the Aperture (mollusc), aperture, which provides further protection. The study of mollusc shells is known as conchology. The biological study of gastropods, and other molluscs in general, is malacology. Shell morphology terms vary by species group. Shell layers The gastropod shell has three major layers secreted by the Mantle (mollusc), mantle. The calcareous central layer, tracum, is typically made of calcium carbonate precipitated into an organic matrix known as c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles starting with Cuba, to the east by the Lesser Antilles, and to the south by the northern coast of South America. The Gulf of Mexico lies to the northwest. The entire area of the Caribbean Sea, the numerous islands of the West Indies, and adjacent coasts are collectively known as the Caribbean. The Caribbean Sea is one of the largest seas and has an area of about . The sea's deepest point is the Cayman Trough, between the Cayman Islands and Jamaica, at below sea level. The Caribbean coastline has many gulfs and bays: the Gulf of Gonâve, Gulf of Venezuela, Gulf of Darién, Golfo de los Mosquitos, Gulf of Paria and Gulf of Honduras. The Caribbean Sea has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur William Baden Powell
Arthur William Baden Powell (4 April 1901 – 1 July 1987) was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the 20th century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden". Biography Early life The name Baden had been a given name in a Powell family since 1731, when Susannah Powell née Thistlethwayte (1696–1762) gave to her child (1731–1792) the maiden name of her mother, Susannah Baden (1663–1692). The name Baden, particularly when associated with the surname Powell, became famous in 1900–1901, the year Arthur William Baden Powell was born, because of the siege of Mafeking, the most famous British action in the Second Boer War, which turned the British commander of the besieged, Robert Baden-Powell, into a national hero. Throughout the British Empire, babies were named after him. No family connection has yet been established between Arthu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
