Turbo reevei

Turbo reevei
Several views of a shell of Turbo reevei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Turbinidae
Genus:Turbo
Species: T. reevei
Binomial name
Turbo reevei
Philippi, 1847
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbo petholatus var. reevei (Philippi, 1847)
  • Turbo (Turbo) reevei Philippi, 1847

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 32 mm and 100 mm. The color pattern of the shell is deep or reddish brown, clouded and minutely flecked with white. The peristome is white. The columella contains a heavy callus. It differs from Turbo petholatus in the more obscure, marbled color pattern.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; off the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam; in the South China Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Turbo reevei Philippi, 1847.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 March 2011.
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Turbo petholatus var. reevei)
  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.

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