Turbo lorenzi

Turbo lorenzi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

Turbo lorenzi
Shell of Turbo lorenzi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. lorenzi
Binomial name
Turbo lorenzi
Alf & Kreipl, 2015
Synonyms[1]

Turbo (Aspilaturbo) lorenzi Alf & Kreipl, 2015

Description

The length of the shell attains 33.1 mm.

Distribution

This species in the Indian ocean off Mauritius.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Turbo lorenzi Alf & Kreipl, 2015. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877099 on 2018-12-28
  • Alf & Kreipl, 2015) Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2015). A new species of the family Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815 from Saint Brandon, Western Indian Ocean (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Turbinidae). Spixiana. 38(1): 3-10


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