''Turridrupa diffusa'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Turridae Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...

, the turrids.

Description

The length of the shell differs between 12 mm and 17.5 mm. The sinus apex is situated at the end of the peripheral cord, which contains unicolored dashes defined by blotches. Powell AWB. 1967. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 1a. The subfamily Turrinae concluded. Indo-Pacific Moll. 1(7):409–432
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Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Marshall Islands, Samoa and

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References

External links

Tardy, E. & Stahlschmidt, P. (2022). Shallow water turrids of Ile des Pins, New Caledonia (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 129(1): 167-219
diffusa Gastropods described in 1967 {{turridae-stub