Turritella torulosa, Projecting turritella
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Turritella torulosa   Kiener, 1843

Projecting turritella

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Turritella torulosa  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Not assigned | Turritellidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 10 - 200 m (Ref. 107920).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Indian Ocean: Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on or in the upper centimeters of soft to hardened mud grounds (Ref. 107920). Members of the family Turritellidae are filter feeding, feeding on organic particles (Ref. 349).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Mohammed, S.Z. and J.A. Al-Khayat 1994 A preliminary check-list of benthic Mollusca on the Qatari coasts, Arabian Gulf. Qatar Univ. Sci. J. 14(1):201-206. (Ref. 105288)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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