Turbo acutangulus
Turbo acutangulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[2]
| Turbo acutangulus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Turbinidae |
| Genus: | Turbo |
| Species: | T. acutangulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbo acutangulus | |
Description
The shell is turreted with one acute transverse keel in the middle of each whorl. The colour pattern is pale horn or greyish and somewhat transparent. It has about 15 transversely striated whorls with a sharp keel in the middle and a smaller one at the base of each.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Bengal.
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References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- Turbo acutangulus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
- Dillwyn L.W. (1817), A descriptive catalogue of recent shells
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