Turbo reevii
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| taxon = Turbo reevii
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| authority = Philippi, 1847
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- Turbo (Turbo) reevei Philippi, 1847
- Turbo (Turbo) reevii Philippi, 1847
- Turbo reevei Philippi, 1847
- Turbo variabilis Reeve, 1842
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Turbo reevii, Reeve's turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Turbinidae.MolluscaBase (2018). Turbo reevii Philippi, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888084 on 2019-01-06Philippi R. A. (1842-1850). Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen. [in] Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz (Küster H.C., ed.), 2(2): 1-98, pl. 1-19 (pp. 1-8 [1842], 9-24 [1845], 25-66 [1847], 67-74 [1849], 75-98 [1850]; pl. 1-9 [1842], 10-15 [1847], 16-19 [1849]). Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 32 mm and 100 mm. The color pattern of the shell is deep or reddish brown, clouded and minutely flecked with white. The peristome is white. The columella contains a heavy callus. It differs from Turbo petholatus in the more obscure, marbled color pattern.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77914 G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia] (described as Turbo petholatus var. reevei)
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; off the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam; in the South China Sea.
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Category:Gastropods described in 1847
Category:Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi
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