Turbo reevii

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Turbo reevii, Reeve's turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Turbinidae.[1][2]

Turbo reevii
Several views of a shell of Turbo reevii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. reevii
Binomial name
Turbo reevii
Philippi, 1847
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbo (Turbo) reevei Philippi, 1847
  • Turbo (Turbo) reevii Philippi, 1847
  • Turbo reevei Philippi, 1847
  • Turbo variabilis Reeve, 1842

Description

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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.[3]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; off the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam; in the South China Sea.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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 2019-01-06
  2. ^ Philippi 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.
  3. ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Turbo petholatus var. reevei)