Turbinella angulata

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Turbinella angulata
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Two views of a shell of Turbinella angulata.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae
Genus: Turbinella
Species:
T. angulata
Binomial name
Turbinella angulata
(Lightfoot, 1786)

Turbinella angulata, common name the West Indian chank shell or Lamp Shell, is a species of very large tropical sea snail with a gill and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae. [1]

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The name "chank" for the shell of this species is derived from the word shankha, the divine conch or sacred conch, Turbinella pyrum , a closely related species from the Indian Ocean. [2]

Synonyms

Distribution

This species is found in the Western Atlantic Ocean from the Florida Keys and the Bahamas south to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Haiti, and on the Caribbean coast of Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Habitat

A shell of Turbinella angulata Turbinellidae - Turbinella angulata.JPG
A shell of Turbinella angulata

These large reef-associated gastropods can be found in tropical environment on subtidal and offshore mud, on rock or sand beds, and on mangrove lagoons, at depths of 0 to 45 m. [2] [3] [8] [7]

Description

The shells of Turbinella angulata can reach a size of 12.7–49.6 centimetres (5.0–19.5 in). [3] [8] [6] These large shells are heavy and fusiform, with a sculpture of 8 to 10 prominent ribs angled at shoulder. Columella shows three strong folds. The basic colour of the external shell surface is white, while the inner are may be pink or orange. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Biolib
  2. 1 2 Backyard Nature
  3. 1 2 3 Malacog - A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca
  4. ↑ WoRMS
  5. ↑ Claudio Galli: WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
  6. 1 2 "Turbinella angulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 Sealife Base
  8. 1 2 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute info
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