Turbo chinensis
Turbo (Batillus) chinensis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Species: | T. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995 | |
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According to Fukuda (2017) this species is a junior synonym of Turbo cornutus.[2]
Description
The maximum dimension of the shell can be up to 75 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the China Sea.
References
- Turbo (Batillus) chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 June 2010.
- Fukuda, Hiroshi (2017). "Nomenclature of the horned turbans previously known as Turbo cornutus [Lightfoot], 1786 and Turbo chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995 (Vetigastropoda: Trochoidea: Turbinidae) from China, Japan and Korea". Molluscan Research. 37 (4): 268–281. doi:10.1080/13235818.2017.1314741.
- 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. 92 (3): 573–592. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00854.x.
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamily Turbinidae, Genus Turbo. Errata, corrections and new information on the genera Lunella, Modelia and Turbo (vol. I). In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 69–72, pls 96-103. [
aperture and operculum
top view
apertural view
Six live but retracted individuals of Turbo chinensis, with the operculum showing in three of them
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