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Turbo funiculosus
Turbo funiculosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
From the article Turbo funiculosus on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The shell grows to a length of 60 mm. The solid, imperforate shell has an ovate-ventricose shape with a short, acute spire. The five whorls are convex and spirally lirate. The sutures are canaliculate. The large body whorl contains an unequal line and one or two intermediate lirulae in the interstices. The ovate aperture is silvery within. The peristome is greenish, somewhat fluted. The columella is dilated and produced at the base. The color pattern of the shell is chestnut-olive, maculated and tessellated with white.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 1214079.