Tritonoturris oxyclathrus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Tritonoturris oxyclathrus (Martens, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=759412 on 2020-04-13
This species was placed in this genus in 2010 by Baoquan Li, Xinzheng Li, and Richard N. Kilburn.
Description The length of the shell varies between 17 mm and 31 mm.
The whorls are clathrate by distant longitudinal and revolving lirae, forming nodes at the intersections. The interstices are finely cancellate. The sinus is narrow and deep. The color of the shell is light yellowish brown.
Distribution This marine species occurs off New Guinea, the Philippines and in the South China Sea.
References
Martens E. 1880. Conchologische Mittheilungen als Fortsetzung der Novitates Conchologicae. Vol. 1. Cassel: Theodor Fischer.
External links
Li B.-Q. [Baoquan] & Li X.-Z. [Xinzheng] (2014) Report on the Raphitomidae Bellardi, 1875 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the China Seas. Journal of Natural History 48(17-18): 999-1025