Turbo angelvaldesi

Turbo angelvaldesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Turbo
Species:
T. angelvaldesi
Binomial name
Turbo angelvaldesi
Ortea & Espinosa, 1996
Synonyms[1]

Turbo (Senectus) angelvaldesi Ortea & Espinosa, 1996

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Yucatan.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 45.6 mm.[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth is 43 m,[2] and the maximum recorded depth is 43 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Turbo angelvaldesi Ortea & Espinosa, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
  • 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.
  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamily Turbinidae, Genus Turbo. Errata, corrections and new information on the genera Lunella, Modelia and Turbo (vol. I). In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 69–72, pls 96–103.


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