Turbo lorenzi
Turbo lorenzi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]
Turbo lorenzi | |
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Shell of Turbo lorenzi (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Trochida |
Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
Family: | Turbinidae |
Genus: | Turbo |
Species: | T. lorenzi |
Binomial name | |
Turbo lorenzi Alf & Kreipl, 2015 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Turbo (Aspilaturbo) lorenzi Alf & Kreipl, 2015 |
Description
Turbo lorenzi is a type of sea snail with a large, robust shell that is typically white to cream in color, with faint brown or orange spiral bands. The apex of the shell is white, and the operculum is white with tubercles all over it. Turbo lorenzi is similar to Turbo radiatus, but has a few key differences, such as the operculum, apex, and size and shape of the shell.[2] The length of the shell attains 33.1 mm approximately.
Distribution
This species in the Indian ocean off Mauritius.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Turbo lorenzi Alf & Kreipl, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877099 on 2018-12-28
- Roland, Houart; Virginie, Héros (September 2015). "New species of Muricidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Western Indian Ocean". Zoosystema. 37 (3): 481–503. doi:10.5252/z2015n3a4. ISSN 1280-9551.
- Alf & Kreipl, 2015) Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2015). A new species of the family Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815 from Saint Brandon, Western Indian Ocean (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Turbinidae). Spixiana. 38(1): 3-10
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