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Turbo laetus Philippi, 1849 
AphiaID: 413423

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Trochoidea (Superfamily) > Turbinidae (Family) > Turbininae (Subfamily) > Turbo (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Turbo Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa
  Turbo (Carswellena) laetus Philippi, 1849
Turbo (Euninella) laetus Philippi, 1849
Turbo splendidulus G. B. Sowerby III, 1886
Sources  basis of record: Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592. [details]

basis of record: Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. [details]

additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 26 [details]


status source: Kilburn, R. N. 1972. Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of new species and subspecies of Conus, Nassarius, Vexillum and Demoulia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(2):391-437, 15 figs. [details]

from synonym: Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Note  Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Euninella) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413423
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2009-08-29 16:17:48Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-18 07:22:14Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2011-05-09 10:27:55Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2012-10-01 19:49:52Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Turbo laetus Philippi, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=413423 on 2013-05-20
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