Turbo moluccensis
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon = Turbo moluccensis
| image = Turbo moluccensis 001.jpg
| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Turbo moluccensis
| authority = Philippi, 1846
| synonyms =
- Turbo granoliratus G.B. Sowerby III, 1908
- Turbo (Marmarostoma) granoliratus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1908
- Turbo seruiensis Smits & Moolenbeek, 1995
- Turbo (Marmarostoma) seruiensis Smits & R.G. Moolenbeek, 1995
}}
Turbo moluccensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod 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 2012-09-01Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
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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 whorls 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.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia]
Distribution
This marine species is found off Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
References
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External links
- [http://www.eol.org/pages/19660395 Encyclopedia of Life]
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534219 World Register of Marine Species]
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