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Turbo sandwicensis

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Turbo sandwicensis
Apertural view of a shell of Turbo sandwicensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. sandwicensis
Binomial name
Turbo sandwicensis
(Pease, 1861)
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbo argyrostomus sandwicensis (Pease, 1861)

Turbo sandwicensis, common name the Hawaiian top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 45 mm. The shell is ovately turbinated, slightly perforated, somewhat tubulous and spirally ridged. The ridges are smooth alternately rather smaller, squamose. The scales are most prominent on the body whorl. The interstices between the ridges are finely imbricately laminated. The body whorl is somewhat angulated at the upper part. The color pattern of the shell is green, marbled and variegated with dark brownish red.[3]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii.

Habitat

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Turbo sandwicensis lives in shallow coastal waters of the Hawaiian Islands and can be found under rocks at a depth of approximately 60 ft (18 m).[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS. "Turbo sandwicensis (Pease, 1861)". World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Alf, A.; Kreipl, K. (2011). "The family Turbinidae. Subfamily Turbinidae, Genus Turbo. Errata, corrections and new information on the genera Lunella, Modelia and Turbo (vol. I).". In Poppe, G.T.; Groh, K. (eds.). A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 69–72, pls 96-103. ISBN 9783939767381.
  3. ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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