Turbo moluccensis

Turbo moluccensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Turbo moluccensis
Drawing of a shell of Turbo moluccensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. moluccensis
Binomial name
Turbo moluccensis
Philippi, 1846
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbo granoliratus G.B. Sowerby III, 1908
  • Turbo (Marmarostoma) granoliratus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1908
  • Turbo seruiensis Smits & Moolenbeek, 1995
  • Turbo (Marmarostoma) seruiensis Smits & R.G. Moolenbeek, 1995

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 54 mm. The umbilicate shell has a globose-conoid shape. Its color pattern is green, rufous marbled. The whorls are rounded. The upper whorls are reddish, spirally lirate, the line unequal, slightly elevated, separated by narrow obsoletely crenulated interstices. The aperture is subcircular. The lip is within green-margined and obsoletely crenulated.[3]

Distribution

This marine species is found off Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

References
  1. WoRMS (2012). Turbo moluccensis Philippi, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534219 on 2012-09-01
  2. Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
  3. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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