''Turbo moluccensis'' is a
species of
sea snail
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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.
[WoRMS (2012). ''Turbo moluccensis'' Philippi, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534219 on 2012-09-01]
Notes
Additional information regarding this species:
* Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus ''Turbo (Marmarostoma)''
Description
The size of the shell attains 54 mm. The umbilicate shell has a globose-conoid shape. Its color pattern is green, rufous marbled. The
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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s are rounded. The upper whorls are reddish, spirally lirate, the line unequal, slightly elevated, separated by narrow obsoletely crenulated interstices. The
aperture is subcircular. The
lip is within green-margined and obsoletely crenulated.
G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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Distribution
This marine species is found off Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
References
External links
Encyclopedia of Life
World Register of Marine Species
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moluccensis
Gastropods described in 1846