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]
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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. kenwilliamsi
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| Turbo kenwilliamsi Williams, 2008[1]
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Western Australia to North Australia.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
External links
edit- GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Turbo kenwilliamsi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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