Turbo chinensis
| Turbo chinensis | |
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| Six live but retracted individuals of Turbo chinensis, with the operculum showing in three of them | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea (superfamily) |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Turbo (gastropod) |
| Species: | T. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995 | |
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Turbo (Batillus) chinensis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
Description
The maximum dimension of the shell can be up to 75 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the China Sea.
References
- ↑ Turbo (Batillus) chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 June 2010.
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
- Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592
- Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamily Turbinidae, Genus Turbo. Errata, corrections and new information on the genera Lunella, Modelia and Turbo (vol. I). In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. Pp. 69-72, pls 96-103. [
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aperture and operculum
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top view
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apertural view
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