Turbo cailletii

Turbo cailletii
Turbo cailletii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Subfamily: Turbininae
Genus: Turbo
Species: T. cailletii
Binomial name
Turbo cailletii
P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857

Turbo cailletii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

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Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 37 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 36 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Turbo cailletii P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419501 on 20 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.