Turbo kenwilliamsi

Turbo kenwilliamsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo (gastropod)
Species: T. kenwilliamsi
Binomial name
Turbo kenwilliamsi
Williams, 2008[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Turbo pulcher Reeve, 1842 (Invalid: junior homonym of Turbo pulcher Dillwyn, 1817; T. kenwilliamsi is a replacement name)
  • Turbo (Marmarostoma) pulcher Reeve, L.A., 1842

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia to North Australia.

References

External links

External identifiers for Turbo kenwilliamsi
NCBI 405998
WoRMS 579263


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