Turbo lorenzi
Shell of Turbo lorenzi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Turbo lorenzi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

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

  1. 1 2 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
  2. ↑ 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. S2CID 83816638.
  • 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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