Tarantinaea lignaria

Tarantinaea lignaria
Tarantinaea lignaria shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Tarantinaea
Species:	T. lignaria
Binomial name
Tarantinaea lignaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Fasciolaria lignaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Fasciolaria savignyi Tapparone-Canefri, 1875 Fasciolaria tarentina Lamarck, 1822 Latirus unifasciatus (W. Wood, 1828) Murex lignarius Linnaeus, 1758 Murex unifasciatus W. Wood, 1828 Turbinella unifasciata (W. Wood, 1828)

Tarantinaea lignaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.

Description

Tarantinaea lignaria has a shell that reaches a length of 30–60 mm. The surface of this shell may whitish or pale brown. The interior is brown.

References

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Snyder M.A., Vermeij G.J. & Lyons W.G. (2012) The genera and biogeography of Fasciolariinae (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria 76(1-3): 31–70.

External links

• "Tarantinaea lignaria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae
• Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp
• Wood, W. (1828). Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus; or A catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign. Richard Taylor, London. Iv [+1] + 59 pp., plates 1-8