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Turbo (Senectus) spenglerianus

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Turbo spenglerianus was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant. It is the type species of Senectus.

It was recombined as Turbo (Senectus) spenglerianus by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Turbo spenglerianus Gmelin p. 13
2010Turbo (Senectus) spenglerianus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTurbininaeRafinesque 1815
genusTurboLinnaeus 1758
subgenusSenectus(Swainson 1840)
speciesspenglerianus(Gmelin 1791)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: minorg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:38:22
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:38:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986
Collections
No collection or age range data are available