Turris normandavidsoni

Turris normandavidsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Subfamily: Turrinae
Genus: Turris
Species: T. normandavidsoni
Binomial name
Turris normandavidsoni
Olivera, 1999

Turris normandavidsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae commonly called the turrids.[1][2]

Name

The discoverer of this species, Baldomero Olivera, named it after a professor of his, CalTech biologist Norman Davidson.[2]

Distribution

This species is native to waters of the Philippines.[2]

References


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