Turbo angelvaldesi

Turbo angelvaldesi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Turbo
Species:	T. angelvaldesi
Binomial name
Turbo angelvaldesi Ortea & Espinosa, 1996
Synonyms [1]
Turbo (Senectus) angelvaldesiOrtea & Espinosa, 1996

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Yucatan.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 45.6 mm. ^[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth is 43 m, ^[2] and the maximum recorded depth is 43 m. ^[2]

References

1. Turbo angelvaldesi Ortea & Espinosa, 1996 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 September 2012.
2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
• 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.