Turbo jourdani
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| Turbo jourdani | |
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| A shell of Turbo jourdani. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbininae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Subgenus: | Turbo |
| Species: | T. jourdani |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo jourdani Kiener, 1839 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Turbo jourdani , common name the Jourdan's turban, 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 (Dinassovica)
abapertural view of the shell
Description
The length of the shell varies between 75 mm and 240 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Southern and Western Australia.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turbo jourdani Kiener,1839. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 April 2010.
- 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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