Turbo oryctus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

Turbo oryctus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. oryctus
Binomial name
Turbo oryctus
(Suter, 1917)
Synonyms[1]

Calliostoma oryctum Suter, 1917

Distribution

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This species occurred in New Zealand.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Turbo oryctus (Suter, 1917) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=829745 on 2018-12-28