Turbo chinensis

Turbo chinensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Turbo
Species:	T. chinensis
Binomial name
	Turbo chinensis; Ozawa & Tomida, 1995
Synonyms
	Turbo (Batillus) chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995; Turbo (Batillus) cornutus chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995;

Turbo (Batillus) chinensis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.^[1]

According to Fukuda (2017) this species is a junior synonym of Turbo cornutus.^[2]

Description

The maximum dimension of the shell can be up to 75 mm.

This species occurs in the China Sea.

^ Turbo (Batillus) chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 June 2010.
^ Fukuda, Hiroshi (2017). "Nomenclature of the horned turbans previously known as Turbo cornutus [Lightfoot], 1786 and Turbo chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995 (Vetigastropoda: Trochoidea: Turbinidae) from China, Japan and Korea". Molluscan Research. 37 (4): 268–281. doi:10.1080/13235818.2017.1314741.

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