Turbo moluccensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]
| Turbo moluccensis | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Turbo moluccensis | |
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. moluccensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbo moluccensis Philippi, 1846
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Notes
editAdditional information regarding this species:[1]
- Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Marmarostoma)
Description
editThe 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
editThis marine species is found off Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
References
edit- ^ a b c 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
- ^ Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia