Turris normandavidsoni
Turris normandavidsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae commonly called the turrids.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Turris |
| Species: | T. normandavidsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Turris normandavidsoni Olivera, 1999 | |
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
- Turris normandavidsoni Olivera, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Olivera, Baldomero. "The SubfamiIy Turrinae in the Philippines: The Genus Turris (Roding, 1798)", Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. 128, p. 295 (1999).
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