Turbo crassus

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Turbo crassus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo (gastropod)
Species: T. crassus
Binomial name
Turbo crassus
W. Wood, 1828
Synonyms

Turbo (Marmarostoma) crassus W. Wood, 1828

Turbo crassus, common name the crass turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific and Polynesia.

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Marmarostoma)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2012). Turbo crassus W. Wood, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534211 on 2012-09-01
  2. Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.

External links

External identifiers for Turbo crassus
Encyclopedia of Life 4799216
WoRMS 534211


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