Turbo militaris
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| Turbo militaris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbininae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Subgenus: | Lunatica |
| Species: | T. militaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo militaris Reeve, 1848 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Turbo militaris, common name the military turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 60 mm and 100 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from North Queensland to New South Wales, Australia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turbo militaris Reeve, 1848. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 October 2012.
- 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.
- 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
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