Turbinella

Turbinella is a genus of very large sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.[2]

Turbinella
A live individual of Turbinella laevigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Turbinellidae
Subfamily:
Turbinellinae
Genus:
Turbinella

Type species
Voluta pyrum Linnaeus, 1767
species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Buccinella Perry, 1811
  • Turbinellus Lamarck, 1801 (invalid emendation of Turbinella, placed on Official Index by Opinion 489)
  • Xancus Röding, 1798

These species are sometimes known as "chanks" or "chank shells". One species in this genus is the sacred chank, Turbinella pyrum; see "Shankha" for the cultural and religious use of the shell of that species.

Distribution

Species in this genus are found worldwide, mostly in tropical shallow waters.

Description

Most species have massive shells with three or four prominent columellar plicae.

Species
Hindu priest blowing a trumpet made out of a large shell of Turbinella pyrum, in Tirupati, India

Species within the genus Turbinella include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Turbinella armata Broderip, 1833: synonym of Vasum armatum (Broderip, 1833)
  • Turbinella armigera Lesson, 1842 : synonym of Reishia armigera (Link, 1807)
  • Turbinella cassiformis Kiener, 1840: synonym of Vasum cassiforme (Kiener, 1840)
  • Turbinella cornigera Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Turbinella globulus Lamarck, 1816: synonym of Vasum globulus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Turbinella mitis Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Vasum capitellum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Turbinella nuttingi Henderson, 1919: synonym of Vasum globulus (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Turbinella pugillaris Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778)
  • Turbinella tuberculata Broderip, 1833 : synonym of Leucozonia tuberculata (Broderip, 1833)
  • Turbinella tubifera Anton, 1838: synonym of Vasum tubiferum (Anton, 1838)
  • Turbinella variolaris Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species inquirenda
  • Turbinella tuberculata Anton, 1838 (species inquirenda, Invalid: junior homonym of Turbinella tuberculata Broderip, 1833)

References
  1. Lamarck (1799). Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris 73.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Turbinella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204588 on 2011-04-27
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