Turbo cernicus
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| Drawing with an apertural view of a shell of Turbo cernicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Species: | T. cernicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbo cernicus G.B. Sowerby III, 1886
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| Synonyms | |
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Turbo (Marmarostoma) cernicus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1886 | |
Turbo cernicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]
G.W. Tryon was of the opinion that this species is a synonym of Turbo (Turbo) japonicus Reeve, L.A., 1848, which in turn is a synonym of Turbo cornutus Lightfoot, 1786 [3]
Description
The solid, subventricose, imperforate shell has an ovate conic shape. Its color pattern is yellowish, longitudinally flammulated. The acute spire is elevated. The convex whorls are sloping above, minutely obliquely striate, encircled by wide flattened ribs, alternating with smaller. The body whorl is obtusely angulated above, lightly depressed above the angle, and scarcely canaliculate. The aperture is circular. The acute lip is scalloped. The thick columella is convex, slightly arcuate and slightly produced at base, and longitudinally plicated.
The operculum is very convex outside. It is green, suffused with bright reddish brown, and conspicuously granulose. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and Réunion; also in the Central Pacific.
Notes
Additional information regarding this species:[1]
- Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Marmarostoma)
References
- ^ a b WoRMS (2012). Turbo cernicus G.B. Sowerby III, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534205 on 2012-09-01
- ^ Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
- ^ a b G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia