''Turbo gruneri'', common name the Gruner's turban, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Turbinidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 45 mm. The orbicular, imperforate shell is conoid with an acute apex. It is of pale flesh-color, maculated with bright rufous. The convex
whorl
A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs).
Whorls in nature
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s are spirally sculptured with granulose
lira
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e. The
aperture is circular. The wide
columella is callous, slightly dilated and bounded outside by a spiral funicle.
G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
(described as ''Turbo circularis'')
Distribution
This marine species occurs in South and West Australia, and off Tasmania.
References
Philippi R.A. 1846. ''Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum''. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie, 1846(7): 97–106
* Verco, J.C. 1908. ''Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IX.'' Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 338–361
* Cotton, B.C. 1959. ''South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda''. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.
* Wilson, B. 1993. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
External links
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gruneri
Gastropods of Australia
Gastropods described in 1846
Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi