Turbo gruneri

Turbo gruneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Turbinidae
Genus:Turbo
Species: T. gruneri
Binomial name
Turbo gruneri
Philippi, 1846
Synonyms[1]
  • Euninella circularis Reeve, 1848
  • Turbo circularis Reeve, 1848
  • Turbo (Carswellena) gruneri Philippi, 1846
  • Turbo (Euninella) circularis Reeve, L.A., 1848
  • Turbo (Euninella) gruneri Philippi, R.A., 1846

Turbo gruneri, common name the Gruner's turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 45 mm. The orbicular, imperforate shell is conoid with an acute apex. It is of pale flesh-color, maculated with bright rufous. The convex whorls are spirally sculptured with granulose lirae. The aperture is circular. The wide columella is callous, slightly dilated and bounded outside by a spiral funicle.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in South and West Australia, and off Tasmania.

References

  1. 1 2 Turbo gruneri Philippi, 1846.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2012.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Turbo circularis)
  • Philippi R.A. 1846. Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie, 1846(7): 97-106
  • Verco, J.C. 1908. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 338-361
  • Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp

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