Turbo kenwilliamsi, common name the beautiful turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[2]

Turbo kenwilliamsi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. kenwilliamsi
Binomial name
Turbo kenwilliamsi
Williams, 2008[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Turbo pulcher Reeve, 1842 (Invalid: junior homonym of Turbo pulcher Dillwyn, 1817; T. kenwilliamsi is a replacement name)
  • Turbo (Marmarostoma) pulcher Reeve, L.A., 1842

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Western Australia to North Australia.

References

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  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
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  • GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Turbo kenwilliamsi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.