Turbo lorenzi

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Turbo lorenzi
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Shell of Turbo lorenzi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. lorenzi
Binomial name
Turbo lorenzi
Alf & Kreipl, 2015
Synonyms [1]

Turbo (Aspilaturbo) lorenziAlf & Kreipl, 2015

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

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Description

Turbo lorenzi is a type of sea snail with a large, robust shell that is typically white to cream in color, with faint brown or orange spiral bands. The apex of the shell is white, and the operculum is white with tubercles all over it. Turbo lorenzi is similar to Turbo radiatus, but has a few key differences, such as the operculum, apex, and size and shape of the shell. [2] The length of the shell attains 33.1 mm approximately.

Distribution

This species in the Indian ocean off Mauritius.

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<i>Turbo radiatus</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Turbo walteri</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Turbo cidaris</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Bolma aureola</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Bolma bartschii</i> Species of gastropod

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<i>Bolma henica</i> Species of gastropod

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Turbo lorenzi Alf & Kreipl, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877099 on 2018-12-28
  2. ↑ Roland, Houart; Virginie, Héros (September 2015). "New species of Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Western Indian Ocean". Zoosystema. 37 (3): 481–503. doi:10.5252/z2015n3a4. ISSN   1280-9551. S2CID   83816638.


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