Turbinella
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| A live individual of Turbinella laevigata | |
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| Genus: | Turbinella |
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| Voluta pyrum Linnaeus, 1767 | |
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Buccinella Perry, 1811 | |
Turbinella is a genus of very large sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae. [2]
These species are sometimes known as "chanks" or "chank shells". One species in this genus is the sacred chank, Turbinella pyrum; see "Shankha" for the cultural and religious use of the shell of that species.
Distribution
Species in this genus are found world-wide, mostly in tropical shallow waters.
Description
Most species have massive shells with three or four prominent columellar plicae.
Species
Species within the genus Turbinella include:
- Turbinella angulata (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Turbinella fusus G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 [1]
- Turbinella laevigata Anton, 1838
- Turbinella laffertyi Kilburn, 1975
- Turbinella ponderosa (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Turbinella pyrum Linnaeus, 1758 - the sacred chank or shankha
- Turbinella regina Heilprin, 1886 [2]
- † Turbinella wheeleri Petuch, 1994 [3]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Turbinella armata Broderip, 1833: synonym of Vasum armatum (Broderip, 1833)
- Turbinella armigera Lesson, 1842 : synonym of Reishia armigera (Link, 1807)
- Turbinella cassiformis Kiener, 1840: synonym of Vasum cassiforme (Kiener, 1840)
- Turbinella cornigera Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Turbinella globulus Lamarck, 1816: synonym of Vasum globulus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Turbinella mitis Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Vasum capitellum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Turbinella nuttingi Henderson, 1919: synonym of Vasum globulus (Lamarck, 1816)
- Turbinella pugillaris Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Vasum muricatum (Born, 1778)
- Turbinella tuberculata Broderip, 1833 : synonym of Leucozonia tuberculata (Broderip, 1833)
- Turbinella tubifera Anton, 1838: synonym of Vasum tubiferum (Anton, 1838)
- Turbinella variolaris Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Vasum turbinellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species inquerenda
- Turbinella tuberculata Anton, 1838 (species inquirenda, Invalid: junior homonym of Turbinella tuberculata Broderip, 1833)
References
- ^ Lamarck (1799). Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris 73.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Turbinella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204588 on 2011-04-27
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