Turbo cailletii
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| Turbo cailletii | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Turbo cailletii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbininae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Species: | T. cailletii |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo cailletii P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857 | |
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Turbo cailletii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.
Abapertural view
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 37 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 36 m.[2]
References
- ↑ Turbo cailletii P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 September 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 60
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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