Turbo fluctuosus
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| Turbo fluctuosus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbininae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Subgenus: | Callopoma |
| Species: | T. fluctuosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo fluctuosus Wood, 1828 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turbo fluctuosus, common name the wavy turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 86 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California peninsula to Peru and off the Galapagos archipelago.
References
- ↑ Turbo fluctuosus Wood, 1828. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 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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