| Turbo marmoratus | |
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| Two views of a shell of Turbo marmoratus. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbininae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Subgenus: | Lunatica |
| Species: | T. marmoratus |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo marmoratus Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Turbo marmoratus, the marbled turban or great green turban, is a large species of marine gastropod with a calcareous operculum in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. These large snails live in tropical reefs in the Indian and western Pacific oceans. They are nocturnal and feed on algae.[1]
The shell of marbled turbans is used as a source of nacre. Also, the large opercula of Turbo marmoratus have been used as paperweights.[2].