OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Turbinidae
Turbininae
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Included taxa
Turbo Linnaeus, 1758
Astraea Röding, 1798
Astralium Link, 1807
Bolma Risso, 1826
Guildfordia Gray, 1850
Pomaulax Gray, 1850
Common Name
Turban Shells p.675 Hickman, C.S. 1998.
Tent Shells p.675 Hickman, C.S. 1998.
Star Shells p.675 Hickman, C.S. 1998.
Keywords
feeds on: plants
habitat: rock platform [ on calcium carbonate substrata
]
References
Cotton, B. C. 1959. p.245-247 Taxon list
Hickman, C.S. 1998. General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.104 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Name Author, Year
Trochoidea
Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
Turbininae
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7104) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-05-03.