Turbo jonathani
| Turbo jonathani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Species: | T. jonathani
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| Binomial name | |
| 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.[1]
- Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Marmarostoma)
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 65 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Tanzania and Oman.
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ Turbo jonathani Dekker, Moolenbeek & Dance, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2012.
- Sources
- 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.
External links
[edit]- "Turbo (Turbo) jonathani". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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