Turbo chinensis

Turbo (Batillus) chinensis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

Turbo chinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. chinensis
Binomial name
Turbo chinensis
Ozawa & Tomida, 1995
Synonyms
  • Turbo (Batillus) chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995
  • Turbo (Batillus) cornutus chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995

According to Fukuda (2017) this species is a junior synonym of Turbo cornutus.[2]

Description

The maximum dimension of the shell can be up to 75 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the China Sea.

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References

  1. Turbo (Batillus) chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 June 2010.
  2. Fukuda, Hiroshi (2017). "Nomenclature of the horned turbans previously known as Turbo cornutus [Lightfoot], 1786 and Turbo chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995 (Vetigastropoda: Trochoidea: Turbinidae) from China, Japan and Korea". Molluscan Research. 37 (4): 268–281. doi:10.1080/13235818.2017.1314741.


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