Turbo petholatus

Turbo petholatus
Turbo petholatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Subfamily:	Turbininae
Genus:	Turbo
Species:	T. petholatus
Binomial name
Turbo petholatus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Lunatica porphyria Röding, 1798 Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus, 1758 Turbo aruginosa Röding, 1798 Turbo aurantia Perry, G., 1811 Turbo cingulata Röding, 1798 Turbo dinegrata Röding, 1798 Turbo euthymi Jousseaume, 1881 Turbo humerosa Smith, 1901 Turbo obscura Röding, 1798 Turbo porphyrites [sic, porphyria] (misspelling of porphyria) Turbo radina Webster, W.H., 1905 Turbo tricostatus Hutton, F.W., 1884 Turbo variabilis Reeve, L.A., 1842

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 100 mm. The imperforate shell is solid, polished and shining. Its color pattern is rich brown, variously ornamented with dark bands interrupted with white blotches and narrow stripes. The five whorls are flattened beneath the suture, sometimes carinated above. The aperture measures about half the length of the shell. It is circular and pearly within. The peristome and columella are tinged with greenish-yellow,

The circular operculum contains four whorls and a nucleus placed one-third the distance across the face. The outer surface is convex, shining, bright green on the center, the margins brown on one side, white upon the other, slightly granulose about the edges. ^[2]

Drawing of a shell of Turbo petholatus

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mozambique, Chagos and Mauritius; also in the West Pacific and from Western Australia to southern Queensland

References

1. Turbo petholatus Linnaeus, 1758.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 October 2012.
2. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

• Iredale, T., 1931 29 June..Australian molluscan notes, No. 1 . Rec. Aust. Mus, 18(4):201-235
• Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 39
• Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, WA
• Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.

External links

• Gastropods.com: Turbo (Turbo) petholatus