Turbo bruneus

Turbo bruneus
Turbo bruneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species: T. bruneus
Binomial name
Turbo bruneus
(Röding, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lunatica brunneus Röding, 1791 (original description)
  • Turbo brunneus Röding, 1798
  • Turbo squamosa Röding, 1798
  • Turbo (Marmarostoma) brunneus (Röding, 1791)

Turbo bruneus, common name the brown (Pacific) dwarf turban or the little burnt turbo, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Central Indo-Pacific, in the Western Pacific Ocean, off East India, the Philippines and off Western Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Turbo bruneus (Röding, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 September 2012.
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