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Turritella carinifera Carinate Screw Shell

Turritella carinifera is commonly referred to as Carinate Screw Shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Turritella carinifera (Threaded screw shell)


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lexID:
11667 
AphiaID:
225207 
Scientific:
Turritella carinifera 
German:
Schlichte Turmschnecke 
English:
Carinate Screw Shell 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Turritellidae (Family) > Turritella (Genus) > carinifera (Species) 
Initial determination:
Lamarck, 1822 
Occurrence:
Namibia, Northern Africa, South-Africa 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
7 - 100 Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
1.18" - 3.94" (3,8cm - 10.0cm) 
Temperature:
50 °F - 68 °F (10°C - 20°C) 
Food:
Filter feeder, No reliable information available 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
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
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-04-24 14:28:40 

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Turritella carinifera Lamarck, 1822

Turritella carinifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae.
Found on mud flats at low tide.

Turritella carinifera belongs to the family Turritellidae.Auger shell have a slim body with spiral sculpture. The operculum is horny. Turritella communis are found worldwide, living on sand and mud flats.This shell is a Filter feeders , that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from the water.

This shell is common. It lives at depths of 7-200 m.Lokal experience these snails on masse.

Synonymised names
Turritella (Torcula) carinifera Lamarck, 1822 · unaccepted (Alternate representation)
Turritella carinifera var. angusta W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Unavailable; Preoccupied...)
Turritella kowiensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Variety Turritella carinifera var. angusta W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Turritella carinifera Lamarck, 1822 (unaccepted > junior homonym, Unavailable; Preoccupied infraspecific epithet - not Turritella angusta Philippi, 1887)

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Turritella carinifera (Threaded screw shell)

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