Turbo scitulus

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Turbo scitulus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. scitulus
Binomial name
Turbo scitulus
(Dall, 1919)
Synonyms [1]
  • Turbo agonistesDall & Ochsner, 1928
  • Turbo (Marmarostoma) scitulus(Dall, W.H., 1919)

Turbo scitulus, common name the Galapagos turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. [1] [2]

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Notes

Additional information regarding this species: [1]

Description

The length of the purple shell varies between 25 mm and 31 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the subtidal and intertidal zone off the Galapagos Islands.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 WoRMS (2012). Turbo scitulus (Dall, 1919). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534222 on 2012-09-01
  2. Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.