Turbo chinensis

Turbo chinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species: T. chinensis
Binomial name
Turbo chinensis
Ozawa & Tomida, 1995
Synonyms
  • Turbo (Batillus) chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995
  • Turbo (Batillus) cornutus chinensis Ozawa & Tomida, 1995

Turbo (Batillus) chinensis is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

Description

The maximum dimension of the shell can be up to 75 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the China Sea.

References

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