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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.