Lunella granulata

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Lunella granulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Lunella
Species:
L. granulata
Binomial name
Lunella granulata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Lunella (Lunella) granulatusGmelin, 1791
  • Lunella (Lunella) moniliformis(Röding, 1798)
  • Turbo coreensisRecluz, 1853
  • Turbo coronatus var. granulosusGmelin, 1788
  • Turbo granulatusGmelin, 1791
  • Turbo granulosusGmelin, 1791
  • Turbo modestusPhilippi

Lunella granulata, common name the granulated moon turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm. The umbilicate shell is typically more elongated than Lunella coronata with an altitude about equalling the diameter. It is finely granulose all over, with subsutural and coronal series of tubercles, and sometimes one or two additional series upon the median part of body whorl. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Taiwan to South Africa.

Notes

Additional information regarding this species: [1]

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Lunella granulata