Turbo exquisitus

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Turbo exquisitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Subfamily: Turbininae
Genus: Turbo
Subgenus: Carswellena
Species: T. exquisitus
Binomial name
Turbo exquisitus
Angas, 1877
Synonyms

Turbo (Carswellena) exquisitus Angas, 1877

Turbo exquisitus, common name the exquisite turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southern Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.

References

  1. Turbo exquisitus Angas, 1877.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 September 2012.
  • Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F., 1962 [31/Dec/1962].A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Mem. Aust. Mus., 11:0-0
  • Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA

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