Turbo heisei

Turbo heisei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Subfamily: Turbininae
Genus: Turbo
Species: T. heisei
Binomial name
Turbo heisei
Prado, 1999[1]

Turbo heisei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[2]

Contents

Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 25 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 20 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 97 m.[3]

References

  1. ^ Prado (1999). Strombus 5 : 1-2. World Register of Marine Species, accessed 20 April 2010.
  2. ^ Turbo heisei Prado, 1999.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458204 on 20 April 2010.
  3. ^ 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.