Turbo jonathani

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Turbo jonathani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Subfamily: Turbininae
Genus: Turbo
Species: T. jonathani
Binomial name
Turbo jonathani
Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992
Synonyms
  • Turbo (Aspilaturbo) jonathani Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992
  • Turbo (Turbo) jonathani Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992

Turbo jonathani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tanzania and Oman.

References

  • 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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