Turbo reevei
Turbo reevei, common name the Reeve's turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]
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| Several views of a shell of Turbo reevei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Species: | T. reevei |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo reevei Philippi, 1847 | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 32 mm and 100 mm. The color pattern of the shell is deep or reddish brown, clouded and minutely flecked with white. The peristome is white. The columella contains a heavy callus. It differs from Turbo petholatus in the more obscure, marbled color pattern.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; off the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam; in the South China Sea.
References
- Turbo reevei Philippi, 1847. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 March 2011.
- G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Turbo petholatus var. reevei)
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
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