Note near Messina, Sicily [Plio-Pleistocene fossil]
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Type locality near Messina, Sicily [Plio-Pleistocene fossil] [details]
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Bay of Biscay to West Africa, Canary Is. Madeira and the Azores; Mediterranean. Gorringe and...
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Bay of Biscay to West Africa, Canary Is. Madeira and the Azores; Mediterranean. Gorringe and Josephine seamounts, uncommon in 335-485 m. Western Atlantic, from Georgia to Brazil. [details]
original description(ofPleurotoma tricinctum Brugnone, 1862 †)Brugnone, G.A. (1862) Memoria sopra alcuni pleurotomi fossili dei dintorni di Palermo. F. Lao, Palermo, 41 pp., 1 pl.[details]
original description(ofTaranis pulchella A. E. Verrill, 1880)Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of recent addition to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part II - Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc, collected by the United States Fish Commission. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 3: 356-409., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14917456 page(s): 368-369 [details]
original description(ofPleurotoma trecchi Testa, 1842 †)Testa, D. (1842) Due nove specie di conchiglie rinvenute nei dintorni die Palermo, Palermo. Giornale L'Oreteo, 6, 1–6. [details]
context source (MSBIAS)MEDIN. (2011). UK checklist of marine species derived from the applications Marine Recorder and UNICORN. version 1.0.[details]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
basis of recordBouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1980). Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> Suppl. 8: 1-119 [December]. page(s): 32-33 [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Biology Type of larval development: planktotrophic, inferred from multispiral protoconch. [details] Diagnosis Shell fusiform up to 7 mm high, with elevated spire and body whorl less than half the total height. Protoconch proportionally very large, with 4-5 convex whorls and a sculpture of axial riblets and a marked suprasutural keel. Teleoconch with 3-4 whorls, with a sculpture of strong, elevated and acute spiral cords, narrower than the interspaces. Axial sculpture of fine raised threads which are very conspicuous in the interspaces and attenuated over the cords. Aperture elongate; outer lip simple, with a deep U-shaped sinus situated next to the suture, then with convex profile in lateral view. Columellar edge simple, making an angle with the parietal edge. Colour of protoconch dark brown, of teleoconch pure white. [details] Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Bay of Biscay to West Africa, Canary Is. Madeira and the Azores; Mediterranean. Gorringe and Josephine seamounts, uncommon in 335-485 m. Western Atlantic, from Georgia to Brazil. [details] Type locality near Messina, Sicily [Plio-Pleistocene fossil] [details]