Turbo walteri

Turbo walteri
Shell of Turbo walteri (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. walteri
Binomial name
Turbo walteri
Kreipl & Dekker, 2009[1]
Synonyms[2]

Turbo (Turbo) walteri Kreipl & Dekker, 2009

Turbo walteri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 55 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwest Australia.

References

  1. ^ Kreipl & Dekker (2009). Visaya 2 (4) : 11–15. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Turbo walteri Kreipl & Dekker, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 October 2012.
  • Kreipl K. & Dekker H. (2009) A new species of Turbo from Western Australia (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Visaya 2(4): 11–15.
  • 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
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