Turbo jonathani

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

  • Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Marmarostoma)

Turbo jonathani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. jonathani
Binomial name
Turbo jonathani
Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992
Synonyms
  • Turbo (Aspilaturbo) jonathani Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992
  • Turbo (Turbo) jonathani Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 65 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tanzania and Oman.

References
Notes
  1. Turbo jonathani Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2012.
Sources
  • 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.
  • "Turbo (Turbo) jonathani". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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