''Turbo cailletii'', common name the filose turban, is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles. Turbo cailletii 001

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 37 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. . The ovate-conic shell is perforate, solid, and shining. The sutures are impressed. The 5-6

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s are convex, rounded, and spirally lirate. The

body whorl The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk. In gastropods In gastropods, the b ...

exceeds the balance of the shell in length. It contains six prominent spiral lirae and is minutely lirate around the umbilicus. The ovate aperture is transversely dilated, and silvery within. The peristome is acute. The white columella is thickened. The color pattern of the shell is intense orange-red, the lirae are punctate with white. The white operculum is convex on its outside.G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
(described as ''Turbo cailleti'')

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m. Maximum recorded depth is 36 m.

References

;Notes ;Bibliography * Wood, W. 1828. S''upplement to the Index Testaceologicus''. viii + 59 pp., 8 pls. W. Wood: London. * Fischer, .and Bernardi, . C.1857. ''Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles''. Journal de Conchyliologie 5: 292–300, pls. 8-9 * Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. ''Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada''. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 60 * Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A ''Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo''. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. * Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. ''Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico'', Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q3169807 cailletii Gastropods described in 1857