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Turbo

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Turbo (? Marmarostoma) tursicus Reeve, 1848 —new record

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Turbo tursicus Reeve, 1848: pl. 12, fig. 60. Kreipl & Alf, 2008: 258, pl. 74, fig. 4. Type loc.: Philippine Islands; two syntypes in NHM (NHMUK 1968717), Salvador pers. comm. (xi/2014).

Turbo turcicus [sic]—Reeve, 1849: 228.

Turbo somnueki Patamakanthin, 2001: 193, pls. 1, 2. Type loc.: between Phromthep Cape, Phuket Island and Bon Island, Thailand, Andaman Sea; holotype in PMBC (15759).

Turbo (Marmarostoma?) tursicus — Alf & Kreipl, 2003: 41, pl. 54.

Turbo (Marmarostoma) sp. 4— Alf & Kreipl, 2003: 42, pl. 56, figs 2–4.

Turbinidae sp. 3399— Jay, 2014.

Turbinidae sp. 3762— Jay, 2014.

Distribution. Indo-West Pacific south to central Zululand (off St Lucia); local material 50–110 m (living 50–80 m).

Notes. Western Indian Ocean specimens are smaller than those from the central Indo-West Pacific, and they have scales rather than hollow spines on the two peripheral cords.

Subgenus Sarmaticus Gray, 1847. Type species (o.d.): Turbo sarmaticus Linnaeus, 1758.

Notes

Published as part of Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), pp. 1-98 in Zootaxa 4049 (1) on pages 71-72, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245367

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Trochida
Family
Turbinidae
Genus
Turbo
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Kreipl, K. & Alf, A. (2008) Turbinidae. In: Poppe, G. T. (Ed.), Philippine Marine Molluscs. Vol. 1. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, pp. 240 - 260.
  • Patamakanthin, S. (2001) A new Turbo species from Thailand, Andaman Sea (Gastropoda: Turbinidae). Of Sea and Shore, 23, 192 - 195.
  • Alf, A. & Kreipl, K. (2003) Turbinidae, subfamily Turbininae, genus Turbo. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K. (Dir.), A Conchological Iconography. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, pp. 1 - 68 pp., pls. 1 - 95.
  • Jay, M. (2014) Mollusques de l'ile de la Reunion. Version 24. Available from: http: // vieoceane. free. fr / mollusques / intro _ mollusque. htm (accessed 15 April 2015)
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae. Vol. 1. 10 th Edition. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 824 pp.