Turbo sandwicensis, common name the Hawaiian top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1][2]
| Turbo sandwicensis | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Turbo sandwicensis | |
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. sandwicensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbo sandwicensis (Pease, 1861)
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 45 mm. The shell is ovately turbinated, slightly perforated, somewhat tubulous and spirally ridged. The ridges are smooth alternately rather smaller, squamose. The scales are most prominent on the body whorl. The interstices between the ridges are finely imbricately laminated. The body whorl is somewhat angulated at the upper part. The color pattern of the shell is green, marbled and variegated with dark brownish red.[3]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii.
Habitat edit
Turbo sandwicensis lives in shallow coastal waters of the Hawaiian Islands and can be found under rocks at a depth of approximately 60 ft (18 m).[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ a b WoRMS. "Turbo sandwicensis (Pease, 1861)". World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ 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 Poppe, G.T.; Groh, K. (eds.). A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 69–72, pls 96-103. ISBN 9783939767381.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links edit
- "Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus sandwicensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.