Turbo heterocheilus
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| Turbo heterocheilus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbininae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Species: | T. heterocheilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo heterocheilus Pilsbry, 1888 | |
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Turbo heterocheilus is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]
Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Marmarostoma)
Description
The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 37 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Thailand and the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Turbo heterocheilus Pilsbry, 1888. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 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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