Turbo gruneri, common name the Gruner's turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]
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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. gruneri
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| Turbo gruneri Philippi, 1846
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 45 mm. The orbicular, imperforate shell is conoid with an acute apex. It is of pale flesh-color, maculated with bright rufous. The convex whorls are spirally sculptured with granulose lirae. The aperture is circular. The wide columella is callous, slightly dilated and bounded outside by a spiral funicle.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs in South and West Australia, and off Tasmania.
References edit
- ^ a b Turbo gruneri Philippi, 1846. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2012.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Turbo circularis)
- Philippi R.A. 1846. Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie, 1846(7): 97–106
- Verco, J.C. 1908. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 338–361
- Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
- Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
External links edit
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- "Turbo (Euninella) gruneri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.