Turbo sparverius
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| Turbo sparverius | |
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| Five views of a shell of Turbo sparverius | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbininae |
| Genus: | Turbo (gastropod) |
| Subgenus: | Marmarostoma |
| Species: | T. sparverius |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo sparverius Gmelin, 1791 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turbo (Marmarostoma) sparverius Gmelin, 1791 | |
Turbo sparverius, common name the corded turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 75 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the southwest Pacific and off the Philippines.
References
- ↑ Turbo sparverius Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 October 2012.
- Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
- 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.
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