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Chank Shells
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Chank Shells

Turbinella

Turbinella is a genus of very large sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

West Indian Chank Shell

speciesTurbinella angulata

Brazilian chank shell

speciesTurbinella laevigata

Indian chank shell

speciesTurbinella pyrum

Turbinella fusus

speciesTurbinella fusus

Turbinella wheeleri

speciesTurbinella wheeleri

Turbinella rapa

speciesTurbinella rapa

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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 246796.