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Turbo japonicus
Turbo japonicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Turbinidae.
From the article Turbo japonicus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
(Described as Turbo cernicus) The solid, subventricose, imperforate shell has an ovate conic shape. Its color pattern is yellowish, longitudinally flammulated. The acute spire is elevated. The convex whorls are sloping above, minutely obliquely striate, encircled by wide flattened ribs, alternating with smaller. The body whorl is obtusely angulated above, lightly depressed above the angle, and scarcely canaliculate. The aperture is circular. The acute lip is scalloped. The thick columella is convex, slightly arcuate and slightly produced at base, and longitudinally plicated. The operculum is very convex outside. It is green, suffused with bright reddish brown, and conspicuously granulose.
Range & habitat
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and Réunion; also in the Central Pacific.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1064748.