Turbo gruneri

Turbo gruneri, common name the Gruner's turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]

Turbo gruneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. gruneri
Binomial name
Turbo gruneri
Philippi, 1846
Synonyms[1]
  • Euninella circularis Reeve, 1848
  • Turbo circularis Reeve, 1848
  • Turbo (Carswellena) gruneri Philippi, 1846
  • Turbo (Euninella) circularis Reeve, L.A., 1848
  • Turbo (Euninella) gruneri Philippi, R.A., 1846

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 45 mm. The orbicular, imperforate shell is conoid with an acute apex. It is of pale flesh-color, maculated with bright rufous. The convex whorls are spirally sculptured with granulose lirae. The aperture is circular. The wide columella is callous, slightly dilated and bounded outside by a spiral funicle.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in South and West Australia, and off Tasmania.

References
  1. Turbo gruneri Philippi, 1846. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2012.
  2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Turbo circularis)
  • Philippi R.A. 1846. Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie, 1846(7): 97–106
  • Verco, J.C. 1908. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 338–361
  • Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
  • "Turbo (Euninella) gruneri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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