Turbo petholatus

Turbo petholatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Turbo
Species:	T. petholatus
Binomial name
	Turbo petholatus; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Lunatica aruginosa Röding, 1798; Lunatica porphyria Röding, 1798; Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus, 1758; Turbo (Turbo) roxas Bozzetti, 2019; Turbo aruginosa Röding, 1798; Turbo aurantia Perry, G., 1811; Turbo cingulata Röding, 1798; Turbo dinegrata Röding, 1798; Turbo humerosa Smith, 1901; Turbo obscura Röding, 1798; Turbo petholatus var. humerosus M. Smith, 1907 ·; Turbo porphyrites [sic, porphyria] (misspelling of porphyria); Turbo roxas Bozzetti, 2019; Turbo radina Webster, W.H., 1905;

Turbo petholatus (common name: tapestry turban) is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 100 mm. The imperforate shell is solid, polished and shining. Its color pattern is rich brown, variously ornamented with dark bands interrupted with white blotches and narrow stripes. The five whorls are flattened beneath the suture, sometimes carinated above. The aperture measures about half the length of the shell. It is circular and pearly within. The peristome and columella are tinged with greenish-yellow. The pattern on the shell is very similar to Turbo moolenbeeki, especially in the brown form Turbo petholathus.

The circular operculum contains four whorls and a nucleus placed one-third the distance across the face. The outer surface is convex, shining, bright green on the center, the margins brown on one side, white upon the other, slightly granulose about the edges.^[2]

Drawing of a shell of *Turbo petholatus*

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mozambique, Chagos and Mauritius. It also occurs also in the West Pacific and from Western Australia to southern Queensland.

References

^ ^a ^b Turbo petholatus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 October 2012.
^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

Smith, M. (1907). A new varietal form of Turbo petholatus, Linn. Bulletin Brooklyn Conchological Club. 1(1): 4-6
Iredale, T., 1931 29 June..Australian molluscan notes, No. 1 . Rec. Aust. Mus, 18(4):201-235.
Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp. page(s): 39.
Wilson, B., 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA: Odyssey Publishin.
Jarrett, A.G. (2000) Marine Shells of the Seychelles. Carole Green Publishing, Cambridge, xiv + 149 pp. NIZT 682
Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Hackenheim, Germany: Conchbooks.
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158.
Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170
Bozzetti L. (2019). Turbo roxas (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Turbinidae) nuova specie dalle Filippine meridionali. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale. 104: 24-25
Dornellas A.P. & Simone L.R.L. (2020). Detailed anatomy of Turbo petholatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Vetigastropoda, Trochoidea, Turbinidae) and its implications for turbinid systematics. Vita Malacologica. 19: 20-29

External links

[WoRMS-1] Turbo petholatus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 October 2012.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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