Turritella maculata tower shell, Maculated Screw Shell

Turritella maculata is commonly referred to as tower shell, Maculated Screw Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Rafi Amar, Israel

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AphiaID:: 215157

Scientific:: Turritella maculata
German:: Turmschnecke
English:: Tower Shell, Maculated Screw Shell

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Turritellidae (Family) > Turritella (Genus) > maculata (Species)
Initial determination:: Reeve, 1849

Occurrence:: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Aqaba / Gulf of Eliat, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Israel, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen
Sea depth:: 1 - 39 Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 1.18" (2,5cm - 3,9cm)
Temperature:: °F - 87.8 °F (°C - 31°C)
Food:: Suspension feeder
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Turritella acropora
Turritella alba
Turritella algida
Turritella anactor
Turritella annulata
Turritella attenuata
Turmschnecke
Turritella aurocincta
Turritella bacillum
Turritella banksii
Turritella bayeri
Turritella bicingulata
Turritella binaestriata
Turritella broderipiana
Turritella caelata
Turritella capensis
Turritella captiva
Turritella carinifera
Turmschnecke
Turritella chrysotoxa
Turritella cingulata
Turritella cingulifera
Turritella clarionensis
Turritella cochlea
Turritella columnaris
Turritella communis
Turritella congelata
Turritella conspersa
Turritella cooperi
Turritella coreanica
Turritella cornea
Turritella couteaudi
Turritella decipiens
Turritella declivis
Turritella dirkhartogensis
Turritella duplicata
Turritella elachista
Turritella exoleta
Turritella fastigiata
Turritella fuscomaculata
Turritella gemmata
Turritella gonostoma
Turritella hastula
Turritella hookeri
Turritella incolor
Turritella infraconstricta
Turritella leeuwinensis
Turritella lentiginosa
Turritella leucostoma
Turritella ligar
Turritella lindae
Turritella lyonsi
Turritella maculata
Turmschnecke
Turritella marianopsis
Turritella monilis
Turritella natalensis
Turritella nebulosa
Turritella nivea
Turritella nodulosa
Turritella parkeri
Turritella radula
Turritella rubescens
Turritella sanguinea
Turritella terebra
Turritella torulosa
Turritella trisulcata
Turritella turbona
Turritella ungulina
Turritella variegata
Turritella wareni
Turritella willetti
Turritella yucatecana

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-03-05 18:15:26
Last edit:: 2022-03-06 19:35:04

Info

Tower snail Turritella maculata has a thin, semi-translucent or opaque, pointed shell.
Color: Purplish-white with brown mottling and stripes enclosing brown lines.

There is also a pure white variety, unnecessarily named "var. chionia".

The tower snail lives in / on sandy soils.

Synonyms:
Archimediella maculata (Reeve, 1849)
Turritella (Haustator) maculata Reeve, 1849
Turritella (Haustator) maculata var. ornata Schepman, 1909
Turritella (Torcula) admirabilis R. B. Watson, 1881
Turritella admirabilis R. B. Watson, 1881
Turritella bicolor A. Adams & Reeve, 1849
Turritella maculata chionia Melvill, 1928
Turritella maculata schepmani Finlay, 1927
Turritella maculata var. chionia Melvill, 1928

External links

CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF INDIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS WITH A NOTE ON THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES: FAMILY -TURRITELLIDAE (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
Flickr Homepage Rafi Amar (multi). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga) Part 2: Caenogastropoda: Sorbeoconcha and Littorinimorpha (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
MCZBASE:The Database of the Zoological Collections Museum of Comparative Zoology - Harvard University (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
OCCURRENCE OF TWO TURRITELLID SHELLS (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA) ALONG THE KERALA COAST, INDIA (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
THE MARINE AND ESTUARINE MOLLUSCS OF THAILAND. Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.

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