Turbo tursicus

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Turbo tursicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Subfamily: Turbininae
Genus: Turbo
Species: T. tursicus
Binomial name
Turbo tursicus
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]

Turbo somnueki Patamakanthin, 2001

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and the Seychelles; off the Andaman Islands, Thailand and the Philippines.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Turbo tursicus (Reeve, 1843).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 March 2011.

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