Turbo reevei

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Turbo reevei
Five views of a shell of Turbo reevei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Subfamily: Turbininae
Genus: Turbo
Subgenus: Turbo (subgenus)
Species: T. reevei
Binomial name
Turbo reevei
Philippi, 1847
Synonyms[1]

Turbo (Turbo) reevei Philippi, 1847

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 32 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; off the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam; in the South China Sea.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Turbo reevei Philippi, 1847.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 March 2011.
  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.

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