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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae vase shells

Genus: Turbinella

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4 species (see list below)
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FAO

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 36 cm NG
Turbinella angulata(Lightfoot, 1786)

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Turbinella angulata
[West Indian chank]
No picture found

Max. Length 20 cm DL
 
Turbinella laevigata
[]
No picture found
 
Turbinella pyrum
[Indian chank]
No picture found
 
Turbinella wheeleri
[]


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