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Turbo Snails
Turbo
Turbo is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Turbo is the type genus of the family.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Military Turban
speciesTurbo militaris
Chestnut Turban
speciesTurbo castanea
South African Turban
speciesTurbo sarmaticus
Tapestry Turban Snail
speciesTurbo petholatus
wavy turban
speciesTurbo fluctuosus
crown turban
speciesTurbo cidaris
Hawaiian Turbo Snail
speciesTurbo sandwicensis
silver-mouth turban
speciesTurbo argyrostomus
Ribbed Turban
speciesTurbo intercostalis
Japanese Turbo Snail
speciesTurbo sazae
Little Burnt Turbo
speciesTurbo bruneus
gold-mouth turban
speciesTurbo chrysostomus
Turbo kenwilliamsi
speciesTurbo kenwilliamsi
Turbo laminiferus
speciesTurbo laminiferus
Turbo saxosus
speciesTurbo saxosus
rough turban
speciesTurbo setosus
Green Turban
speciesTurbo marmoratus
Gruner's turban
speciesTurbo gruneri
Turbo walteri
speciesTurbo walteri
Onion Turban Shell
speciesTurbo cepoides
Turbo jourdani
speciesTurbo jourdani
Horned Turban
speciesTurbo cornutus
Turbo radiatus
speciesTurbo radiatus
Turbo sparverius
speciesTurbo sparverius
crass turban
speciesTurbo crassus
Turbo stenogyrus
speciesTurbo stenogyrus
Turbo lajonkairii
speciesTurbo lajonkairii
Turbo haynesi
speciesTurbo haynesi
filose turban
speciesTurbo cailletii
Turbo tuberculosus
speciesTurbo tuberculosus
Turbo artensis
speciesTurbo artensis
channeled turban
speciesTurbo canaliculatus
Exquisite turban
speciesTurbo exquisitus
Turbo heterocheilus
speciesTurbo heterocheilus
Turbo imperialis
speciesTurbo imperialis
Turbo squamiger
speciesTurbo squamiger
Turbo markusrufi
speciesTurbo markusrufi
Turbo reevii
speciesTurbo reevii
Turbo moolenbeeki
speciesTurbo moolenbeeki
Turbo japonicus
speciesTurbo japonicus
Turbo lorenzi
speciesTurbo lorenzi
Turbo heisei
speciesTurbo heisei
Turbo bozzettiana
speciesTurbo bozzettiana
Turbo jonathani
speciesTurbo jonathani
Turbo laetus
speciesTurbo laetus
Turbo necnivosus
speciesTurbo necnivosus
Turbo scitulus
speciesTurbo scitulus
Turbo haraldi
speciesTurbo haraldi
Turbo debesi
speciesTurbo debesi
Turbo albofasciatus
speciesTurbo albofasciatus
Turbo gemmatus
speciesTurbo gemmatus
Turbo marisrubri
speciesTurbo marisrubri
Turbo angelvaldesi
speciesTurbo angelvaldesi
Mazatlán Turban Snail
speciesTurbo mazatlanicus
Turbo funiculosus
speciesTurbo funiculosus
Turbo histrio
speciesTurbo histrio
Turbo tursicus
speciesTurbo tursicus
Turbo moluccensis
speciesTurbo moluccensis
Turbo magnificus
speciesTurbo magnificus
Turbo excellens
speciesTurbo excellens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)
Louis Renard · 1754 · p.185
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.617
Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)
Louis Renard · 1754 · p.39
The Book of Household Management
Mrs Isabella Beeton · 1861 · p.220
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Turbo in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 142964.