Turbo lajonkairii

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Turbo lajonkairii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo (gastropod)
Species: T. lajonkairii
Binomial name
Turbo lajonkairii
(Deshayes, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbo argyrostomus lajonkairii (Deshayes, 1839)
  • Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus lajonkairii (Deshayes, 1839)

Turbo lajonkairii, common name the Lajonkairi's turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Turbo lajonkairii (Deshayes, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581913 on 2012-09-01
  2. Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamily Turbinidae, Genus Turbo. Errata, corrections and new information on the genera Lunella, Modelia and Turbo (vol. I). In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. Pp. 69-72, pls 96-103.

External links

External identifiers for Turbo lajonkairii
WoRMS 581913


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