Turbo chinensis

Turbo chinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Turbinidae
Genus:Turbo
Species: T. chinensis
Binomial name
Turbo chinensis
Ozawa & Tomida, 1995
Synonyms
  • Turbo (Batillus) chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995
  • Turbo (Batillus) cornutus chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995

Turbo (Batillus) chinensis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

According to Fukuda (2017) this species is a junior synonym of Turbo cornutus.[2]

Description

The maximum dimension of the shell can be up to 75 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the China Sea.

References

  1. ↑ Turbo (Batillus) chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995 .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Fukuda, Hiroshi (2017). "Nomenclature of the horned turbans previously known as Turbo cornutus [Lightfoot], 1786 and Turbo chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995 (Vetigastropoda: Trochoidea: Turbinidae) from China, Japan and Korea". Molluscan Research. 37 (4): 268–281. doi:10.1080/13235818.2017.1314741.
  • 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. 92 (3): 573–592. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00854.x.
  • 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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