Turbo squamiger
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| Turbo squamiger | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbininae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Species: | T. squamiger |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo squamiger Reeve, 1843 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turbo squamiger is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]
- Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Marmarostoma)
Description
The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 45 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Cortèz, Western Mexico to Peru;
References
- ↑ Turbo squamiger Reeve, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 October 2012.
- 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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