Laevistrombus turturella
| Laevistrombus turturella | |
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| Five different views of a shell of an adult L. turturella: abapertural (upper left), right lateral (center), apertural (upper right), apical (lower left) and basal (lower right) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Stromboidea |
| Family: | Strombidae |
| Genus: | Laevistrombus |
| Species: | L. turturella |
| Binomial name | |
| Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Laevistrombus turturella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae (true conches).[1] There are only two living species within the genus Laevistrombus; the other congener is Laevistrombus canarium, the dog conch.
Taxonomy
There is some disagreement in the literature as to whether or not this taxon and the similar-looking Laevistrombus canarium are actually separate species. Man In 'T Veld & Turck (1998) considered that L. canarium and L. turturella are distinct (yet sympatric) species, based mainly on the shell morphology and a radula comparison.[2] However, when Cob reviewed a number of Strombus species in 2009, examining both shell characters and anatomical data including details of the genitalia, operculum and radula, he concluded that L. turturella was simply a morphotype, and therefore a synonym of L. canarium.[3]
References
- 1 2 Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798) . WoRMS (2013). Laevistrombus turturella. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565670) on 9 January 2013.
- ↑ Man In 'T Veld, L. A.; De Turck, K. (1998). "Contributions to the knowledge of Strombacea. 6. A revision of the subgenus LaevistrombusKira, 1955 including the description of a new species from the New Hebrides". Gloria Maris. 36 (5-6): 73–107.
- ↑ Cob, Z. C.; Arshad, A; Bujang, J. S.; Ghaffar, M. A. (2009). "Species description and distribution of Strombus (Mollusca: Strombidae) in Johor Straits and its surrounding areas" (PDF). Sains Malaysiana. 38 (1): 39–46.