Turbo bruneus

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Turbo bruneus
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]
  • Turbo brunneus Röding, 1798
  • Turbo squamosa Röding, 1798

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. 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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