| Turbo oryctus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Species: | †T. oryctus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Turbo oryctus (Suter, 1917) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Calliostoma oryctumSuter, 1917 | |
Turbo oryctus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. [1]
This species occurred in New Zealand. [1]
The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails; the structure is found in some marine and freshwater gastropods, and in a minority of terrestrial gastropods, including the families Helicinidae, Cyclophoridae, Aciculidae, Maizaniidae, Pomatiidae, etc.
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