Turbo intercostalis
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Turbo intercostalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Turbinidae |
Subfamily: | Turbininae |
Genus: | Turbo |
Subgenus: | Marmarostoma |
Species: | T. intercostalis |
Binomial name | |
Turbo intercostalis Menke in Philippi, 1846 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Turbo intercostalis, common name the ribbed 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 80 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs of Western and Southwestern Australia; in the Indian Ocean off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turbo intercostalis Menke, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2012.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- 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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