Turbo smithi

Turbo smithi
Apertural view of a shell of Turbo smithi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Trochoidea
Family:Turbinidae
Genus:Turbo
Species: T. smithi
Binomial name
Turbo smithi
G.B. Sowerby III, 1886
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbo aurantius Kiener, 1847
  • Turbo fortispiralis Kreipl & Alf, 2003
  • Turbo necnivosus Iredale, 1929
  • Turbo parvulus Philippi, 1849

Turbo smithi, common name the miniature turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell attains 24 mm. The imperforate shell has an ovate-conic shape. Its color pattern is yellowish brown, or yellow clouded with orange-brown. The elevated spire is acute. The five whorls are sloping above, convex, longitudinally irregularly striate, and spirally costate. The costae are rugose, irregular, slightly elevated, about four on the penultimate whorl, twelve on the body whorl. The aperture is circular. The peristome is simple. The columella is white.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Turbo smithi G.B. Sowerby III, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581517 on 2012-09-01
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  • Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.
  • Kreipl K. & Alf A. (2003) Two new species of Turbo (Marmarostoma) (Mollusca – Gastropoda – Turbinidae). Gloria Maris 42 (2-3): 37-46
  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
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