Turbo artensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2][3]
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Turbo artensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Species: | T. artensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbo artensis Montrouzier, 1860
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Description
editThe height of the shell attains 65 mm, its diameter 60 mm. The shell has an oval or subrhomboidal outline. It is ventricose, solid, imperforate, and covered with a strong olivaceous epidermis. The short spire is acute. The sutures are subcanaliculate. The 5-6 whorls are convex, with spiral lirae which are narrower than their interstices, and number 11–12 on the body whorl. The grooves are closely radiately lamellar striate, with a central riblet. The aperture is ovate, angulate above and below, white within. The flattened columella is wide, effuse at its base.
The castaneous operculum is slightly concave within. It contains three whorls. The nucleus is situated at one-third the distance across the face. Its outer surface is white, convex. Its center is obsoletely granulose, the outer part is obliquely striate.[4]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific.
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Turbo artensis Montrouzier, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534208 on 2012-09-01
- ^ Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
- ^ Herbert D.G. (1996) A critical review of the trochoidean types in the Muséumd'Histoire naturelle, Bordeaux (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, ser. 4, 18 (A, 3-4): 409-445.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links
edit- Encyclopedia of Life
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Turbo (Marmarostoma) artensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.