Turbo canaliculatus Hermann 1781

Turbo canaliculatus, common name the channeled turban, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Turbo canaliculatus includes the Caribbean Sea, Cuba, the Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, the Lesser Antilles, Mexico and Puerto Rico.;^[1] in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 98 mm.^[2]

The sutures show a deep, smooth channel. The body whorl contains 16-18 strong, spiral cords. The glossy shell has a narrow umbilicus and a white aperture. The operculum is pale brown on the inside and white and convex on the outside.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth is 2 m.^[2] The maximum recorded depth is 300 m.^[2]

See also

• Turbo canaliculatus Gmelin, 1791 (note that this name has a different authority) is a synonym of Turbo argyrostomus argyrostomus Linnaeus, 1758.^[3]

References

• Hermann, J. 1781. Erster Brief über einiger Conchylien an den Herausgeber. Der Naturforscher 16: 50-56, pl. 2
• Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia. Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6): 3021-3910. Lipsiae
• Schumacher, C. F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Système des Habitations des Vers Testacés. [iv] + 287 pp., 22 pls. Schultz: Copenhague.
• Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 60
• Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
• Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592.
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Turbo canaliculatus is een in zee levende slakkensoort die behoort tot de familie Turbinidae en het geslacht Turbo.

Voorkomen en verspreiding

Turbo canaliculatus is een carnivoor die tot 100 mm lang kan worden en leeft in ondiep warm water op rotsbodem en koraalriffen (sublitoraal en circumlitoraal), deze soort komt algemeen voor aan de noordkust van Zuid-Amerika, het Caraïbisch gebied en Florida (Caraïbische provincie).

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• Abbott, R.T., 1974. American Seashells. The Marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 663 pp. (Second Edition). ISBN 0-442-20228-8.