Turbinidae (Turban shells) |
4 cm SHL (male/unsexed) |
benthic; marine |
Indo-West Pacific: from eastern India to Melanesia; north to southern Japan and south to southern Queensland and New Caledonia. |
Shell rounded, spire low and domed shaped. Shell surface covered with fine nodular spiral threads. Whorls convex and pillar produced at the base, grooved at the throat and has wide umbilicus. Colouration: greenish with tinged of brown (Ref. 128042). |
Found in intertidal on rubble (Ref. 75835), and rocky shores (Ref. 128042). Common also on gravel (Ref. 349). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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harmless |
C: Refs. 349, 99637. |
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