Turbo jonathani

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| taxon = Turbo jonathani

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| authority = Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992

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  • Turbo (Aspilaturbo) jonathani Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992
  • Turbo (Turbo) jonathani Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992

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Turbo jonathani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.{{WRMS species|413440|Turbo jonathani Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992||30 September 2012}}

  • Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Marmarostoma)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 65 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tanzania and Oman.

References

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  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
  • Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592.