Turbo heisei

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Turbo heisei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. heisei
Binomial name
Turbo heisei
Prado, 1999 [1]
Synonyms

Turbo (Taeniaturbo) heiseiPrado, 1999

Turbo heisei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. [2]

Contents

Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Taeniaturbo)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil. [3]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 25 mm. [4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 20 m. [4] Maximum recorded depth is 97 m. [4]

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References

  1. Prado A. C. G. (1999). A new species of Turbo Linnaeus, 1958 (Gastropoda:Turbinidae) from Brazil. Strombus. Strombus 5: 1-3.
  2. Turbo heisei Prado, 1999 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 20 April 2010.
  3. Cavallari D. C. & Simone L. R. L. (2016). Redescription and range extension of Turbo heisei (Gastropoda, Trochoidea), from the SW Atlantic. Strombus 23(1-2): 9–16.
  4. 1 2 3 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.