Laevistrombus turturella
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Laevistrombus_canarium_turturella_01.JPG
| image_caption = Five different views of a shell of an adult L. turturella: abapertural (upper left), right lateral (center), apertural (upper right), apical (lower left) and basal (lower right)
| genus = Laevistrombus
| species = turturella
| authority = (Röding, 1798)
| synonyms_ref = {{WRMS species| 565670 |Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798) |||WoRMS (2013). Laevistrombus turturella. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at
| synonyms = *Lambis turturella Röding, 1798 (original combination)
- Strombus isabella Lamarck, 1822
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Laevistrombus turturella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae (true conches). It is one of seven living species currently recognized as valid in its genus.{{WRMS species| 531661 |Laevistrombus Abbot, 1960 |||MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Laevistrombus Abbott, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531661 on 2023-02-21}}
Distribution
Philippines area.
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Taxonomy
There is some disagreement in the literature as to whether or not this taxon and the similar-looking Laevistrombus canarium are actually separate species. Man In 'T Veld & Turck (1998) considered that L. canarium and L. turturella are distinct (yet sympatric) species, based mainly on the shell morphology and a radula comparison.{{cite journal|last=Man In 'T Veld|first=L. A.|author2=De Turck, K.|title=Contributions to the knowledge of Strombacea. 6. A revision of the subgenus LaevistrombusKira, 1955 including the description of a new species from the New Hebrides|journal=Gloria Maris|year=1998|volume=36|issue=5–6|pages=73–107}} However, when Cob et. al. reviewed a number of Strombus species in 2009, examining both shell characters and anatomical data including details of the genitalia, operculum and radula, he concluded that L. turturella was simply a morphotype, and therefore a synonym of L. canarium.{{cite journal|last=Cob|first=Z. C.|author2=Arshad, A|author3=Bujang, J. S.|author4=Ghaffar, M. A.|title=Species description and distribution of Strombus (Mollusca: Strombidae) in Johor Straits and its surrounding areas|journal=Sains Malaysiana|year=2009|volume=38|issue=1|pages=39–46|url=http://myais.fsktm.um.edu.my/8228/1/Sains_Malaysiana_Feb2009_Article5.pdf|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722233306/http://myais.fsktm.um.edu.my/8228/1/Sains_Malaysiana_Feb2009_Article5.pdf|archivedate=2011-07-22}} In 2019, Maxwell et al. examined the early teleoconch (upper post-larval shell spiral) morphology of specimens of Laevistrombus species; they treated L. turturella as a valid species, and elevated several names synonymized with L. canarium or L. turturella to full species status.{{cite journal |last1=Maxwell |first1=S. J. |last2=Dekkers |first2=A. M. |last3=Rymer |first3=T. L. |last4=Congdon |first4=B. C. |title=Laevistrombus Abbott 1960 (Gastropoda: Strombidae):Indian and southwest Pacific species |journal=Zootaxa |date=2019 |volume=4555 |issue=4 |pages=491–506 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4555.4.2 |pmid=30790932 |s2cid=73456300 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331112386 |access-date=21 February 2023}}