Turbo sparverius

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Turbo sparverius
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Five views of a shell of Turbo sparverius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. sparverius
Binomial name
Turbo sparverius
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms

Turbo (Marmarostoma) sparveriusGmelin, 1791

Turbo sparverius, common name the corded turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae. [1]

Contents

The Australian Faunal Directory considers this species as a synonym of Turbo setosus Gmelin, 1791 [2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 75 mm. The solid, imperforate shell has an ovate- conic shape. Its color pattern is dirty white or greenish, maculate or tessellate with dark. The six whorls are convex, rounded, more or less angular around the upper part. They contain inconspicuous incremental striae and revolving lirae, which on the body whorl are wide and flattened with narrow interstices and are obsolete around the axis. The aperture measures over half the length of shell. It is white within, oval, angular above and below. The peristome is scarcely crenulated and is frequently greenish. The columella contains a heavy white callus, dilated and effuse at its base. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the southwest Pacific and off the Philippines.

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