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Turbo Snail

Turbo petholatus

Description:

Saw this Turbo Snail during a night dive. Turbo petholatus, common name the tapestry turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae. The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 100 mm. The imperforate shell is solid, polished and shining. Its color pattern is rich brown, variously ornamented with dark bands interrupted with white blotches and narrow stripes. The five whorls are flattened beneath the suture, sometimes carinated above. The aperture measures about half the length of the shell. It is circular and pearly within. The peristome and columella are tinged with greenish-yellow, The circular operculum contains four whorls and a nucleus placed one-third the distance across the face. The outer surface is convex, shining, bright green on the center, the margins brown on one side, white upon the other, slightly granulose about the edges.

Habitat:

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Mozambique, Chagos and Mauritius; also in the West Pacific and from Western Australia to southern Queensland

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AlbertKang
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AlbertKang

Maldives

Spotted on Nov 19, 2014
Submitted on Jan 13, 2015

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