Turricula javana

Scientific Name:-

Turricula javana

Common Name:-

Java turrid

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-

Mollusca

Status:-

Not evaluated

Description:-

Shell of moderate size; spire tall and pointed; body whorl slightly inflated and longer than spire; obliquely arranged short nodules forming a spiral ridge around the middle portion of body whorl; angular shoulders,aperture wide; siphonal canal short, deep brownish in colour with lighter nodules

Threats:-

Not reported

Remark:-

Bijukumar (2012) and Franklin and Laladhas(2014) recorded it from Kerala Coast.

Habitat:-

Sandy bottom

Synonyms:-

Murex javanus Linnaeus, 1767 (original combination)
Pleurotoma javana Lamarck, 1816
Surcula javana (Linnaeus, 1767)
Turricula flammea Schumacher, 1817

References:-

Biju Kumar, A. 2012. ‘Kerala Theerathe Kadal Jeevikal’ (Marine Animals of Kerala coast- A Field Guide). Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 304 pp. (In Malayalam)
Franklin, J.B. and Laladhas, K.P. 2014. Marine Gastropods of Kerala. Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 186pp.

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