Turbo smithi

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Turbo smithi
Apertural view of a shell of Turbo smithi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo (gastropod)
Species: T. smithi
Binomial name
Turbo smithi
G.B. Sowerby III, 1886
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbo aurantius Kiener, 1847
  • Turbo fortispiralis Kreipl & Alf, 2003
  • Turbo necnivosus Iredale, 1929
  • Turbo parvulus Philippi, 1849

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Turbo smithi G.B. Sowerby III, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581517 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.
  • Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
  • Kreipl K. & Alf A. (2003) Two new species of Turbo (Marmarostoma) (Mollusca – Gastropoda – Turbinidae). Gloria Maris 42 (2-3): 37-46
  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.

External links

External identifiers for Turbo smithi
WoRMS 581517
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