WoRMS taxon details
Turbo marmoratus Linnaeus, 1758
216369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216369)
accepted
Species
Turbo cochlus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Turbo olearius Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Turbo undulata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Description Distinctive shell, up to 18 cm, bearing blunt tubercles, especially strong on shoulders. Colour greyish-green. Large,...
Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Lunatica)
Description Distinctive shell, up to 18 cm, bearing blunt tubercles, especially strong on shoulders. Colour greyish-green. Large, circular, golden, pearly aperture. Habitat: in crevices on the reef crest and outer slope. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Lunatica)
Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Lunatica) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Turbo marmoratus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216369 on 2026-10-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 763 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Turbo cochlus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Turbo olearius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 763 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Turbo undulata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 763 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Turbo cochlus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Turbo olearius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 763 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Turbo undulata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. [details]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 16. [details]
additional source Jarrett, A.G. (2000) Marine Shells of the Seychelles. Carole Green Publishing, Cambridge, xiv + 149 pp. NIZT 682
page(s): 7. [details]
additional source Kikutani, K. ; Yamakawa, H. ; Koike, Y. (1994). Sexual Determination of the Green Snail, Turbo marmoratus (Gastropoda:Turbinidae) by the Dimorphic Characteristics of the Papillae of the Right Kidney Opening. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 53(3):245 - 249. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 16. [details]
additional source Jarrett, A.G. (2000) Marine Shells of the Seychelles. Carole Green Publishing, Cambridge, xiv + 149 pp. NIZT 682
page(s): 7. [details]
additional source Kikutani, K. ; Yamakawa, H. ; Koike, Y. (1994). Sexual Determination of the Green Snail, Turbo marmoratus (Gastropoda:Turbinidae) by the Dimorphic Characteristics of the Papillae of the Right Kidney Opening. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 53(3):245 - 249. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Distinctive shell, up to 18 cm, bearing blunt tubercles, especially strong on shoulders. Colour greyish-green. Large, circular, golden, pearly aperture. Habitat: in crevices on the reef crest and outer slope. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]Taxonomy Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Lunatica) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | green turbangreen snailgreat green turbangiant green turban | [details] |
| German | Grüner TurbanGrüne Turbanschnecke | [details] |
| Japanese | ヤコウガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (173 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Turbo undulata Röding, 1798)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turbo marmoratus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Turbo marmoratus Linnaeus,1758 Indonesia, Papua, Papua Barat, Sorong)
To Malacopics (Turbo marmoratus Linnaeus,1758 Madagascar, Diana, Nosy Sakatia)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (173 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Turbo undulata Röding, 1798)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turbo marmoratus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Malacopics (Turbo marmoratus Linnaeus,1758 Indonesia, Papua, Papua Barat, Sorong)
To Malacopics (Turbo marmoratus Linnaeus,1758 Madagascar, Diana, Nosy Sakatia)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
