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Turbo mazatlanicus

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Species of gastropod

Turbo mazatlanicus
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. mazatlanicus
Binomial name
Turbo mazatlanicus
Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
Synonyms

Turbo (Chaenoturbo) mazatlanicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Turbo mazatlanicus is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.

  • Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Chaenoturbo).

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 15 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mazatlán, Mexico.

References

  1. Turbo mazatlanicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 October 2012.
  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
  • Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592.

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Turbo mazatlanicus


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