Turbo kenwilliamsi

Turbo kenwilliamsi, common name the beautiful turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[2]

Turbo kenwilliamsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. kenwilliamsi
Binomial name
Turbo kenwilliamsi
Williams, 2008[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Turbo pulcher Reeve, 1842 (Invalid: junior homonym of Turbo pulcher Dillwyn, 1817; T. kenwilliamsi is a replacement name)
  • Turbo (Marmarostoma) pulcher Reeve, L.A., 1842

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia to North Australia.

References
  1. Williams S. (2008) The calcareous operculum as a character for defining subgenera in the marine gastropod genus Turbo. Vita Malacologica 7: 1-13. (16 December 2008). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Turbo kenwilliamsi Williams, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579263 on 2012-09-01
  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
  • To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Turbo kenwilliamsi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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