Turbo bruneus
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Turbo bruneus | |
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Turbo bruneus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Turbinidae |
Subfamily: | Turbininae |
Genus: | Turbo |
Subgenus: | Marmarostoma |
Species: | T. bruneus |
Binomial name | |
Turbo bruneus (Röding, 1791) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Turbo bruneus, common name the brown (Pacific) dwarf turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turbo bruneus (Röding, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 September 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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