Lunella torquata
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| Lunella torquata | |
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| Dorsal view of a shell of Lunella torquata | |
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| Apertural view with operculum in place | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbininae |
| Genus: | Lunella |
| Subgenus: | Ninella |
| Species: | L. torquata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lunella torquata (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lunella torquata, common name the twisted necklace, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 110 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from New South Wales to Western Australia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lunella (Ninella) torquata (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 October 2012.
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
- Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592
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