Lunella granulata, common name the granulated moon turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

Lunella granulata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Lunella
Species:
L. granulata
Binomial name
Lunella granulata
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Lunella (Lunella) granulatus Gmelin, 1791
  • Lunella (Lunella) moniliformis (Röding, 1798)
  • Turbo coreensis Recluz, 1853
  • Turbo coronatus var. granulosus Gmelin, 1788
  • Turbo granulatus Gmelin, 1791
  • Turbo granulosus Gmelin, 1791
  • Turbo modestus Philippi

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm. The umbilicate shell is typically more elongated than Lunella coronata with an altitude about equalling the diameter. It is finely granulose all over, with subsutural and coronal series of tubercles, and sometimes one or two additional series upon the median part of body whorl.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs from Taiwan to South Africa.

Notes

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Additional information regarding this species:[1]

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

References

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  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamily Turbinidae, Genus Turbo. Errata, corrections and new information on the genera Lunella, Modelia and Turbo (vol. I). In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 69–72, pls 96–103.
 
Lunella granulata
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  • Chiu, Y. W., Bor, H., Tan, M. S., Lin, H. D., & Jean, C. T. (2013). Phylogeography and genetic differentiation among populations of the moon turban snail Lunella granulata Gmelin, 1791 (Gastropoda: Turbinidae). International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 14(5), 9062–9079. doi:10.3390/ijms14059062
  • "Lunella (Lunella) granulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.