Turbo gruneri

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| taxon = Turbo gruneri

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| authority = Philippi, 1846

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  • Euninella circularis Reeve, 1848
  • Turbo circularis Reeve, 1848
  • Turbo (Carswellena) gruneri Philippi, 1846
  • Turbo (Euninella) circularis Reeve, L.A., 1848
  • Turbo (Euninella) gruneri Philippi, R.A., 1846

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Turbo gruneri, common name the Gruner's turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.{{WRMS species|413365|Turbo gruneri Philippi, 1846||30 September 2012}}

Description

The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 45 mm. The orbicular, imperforate shell is conoid with an acute apex. It is of pale flesh-color, maculated with bright rufous. The convex whorls are spirally sculptured with granulose lirae. The aperture is circular. The wide columella is callous, slightly dilated and bounded outside by a spiral funicle.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia] (described as Turbo circularis)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in South and West Australia, and off Tasmania.

References

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  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291891 Philippi R.A. 1846. Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie, 1846(7): 97–106]
  • Verco, J.C. 1908. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 338–361
  • Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp