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)
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Turbinidae |
Genus: | Turbo |
Species: | T. jonathani
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Binomial name | |
Turbo jonathani Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 65 mm.
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Distribution
editReferences
edit- Notes
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- "Turbo (Turbo) jonathani". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.