Turbo moluccensis

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Turbo moluccensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo (gastropod)
Species: T. moluccensis
Binomial name
Turbo moluccensis
Philippi, 1846
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbo granoliratus G.B. Sowerby III, 1908
  • Turbo (Marmarostoma) granoliratus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1908
  • Turbo seruiensis Smits & Moolenbeek, 1995
  • Turbo (Marmarostoma) seruiensis Smits & R.G. Moolenbeek, 1995

Turbo moluccensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

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

Distribution

This marine species is found off Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 WoRMS (2012). Turbo moluccensis Philippi, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534219 on 2012-09-01
  2. Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.

External links

External identifiers for Turbo moluccensis
Encyclopedia of Life 19660395
WoRMS 534219


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