''Turbo artensis'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Turbinidae, the turban snails.
[Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Turbo artensis'' Montrouzier, 1860. Accessed through: ]World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534208 on 2012-09-01
Description
The height of the shell attains 65 mm, its diameter 60 mm. The shell has an oval or subrhomboidal outline. It is ventricose, solid, imperforate, and covered with a strong olivaceous epidermis. The short
spire is acute. The
sutures are subcanaliculate. The 5-6
whorls are convex, with spiral lirae which are narrower than their interstices, and number 11–12 on the
body whorl. The grooves are closely radiately lamellar striate, with a central riblet. The
aperture is ovate, angulate above and below, white within. The flattened
columella is wide, effuse at its base.
The castaneous
operculum is slightly concave within. It contains three whorls. The nucleus is situated at one-third the distance across the face. Its outer surface is white, convex. Its center is obsoletely granulose, the outer part is obliquely striate.
G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
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Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific.
References
External links
Encyclopedia of Life
World Register of Marine Species
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artensis
Gastropods described in 1860