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Silver Mouthed Turban

Turbo argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758

Description

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Silver-mouthed Turban up to 8 cm, main body whorl with 20 distinct spiral ribs, mostly flat-topped, some with fluted scales. Colour cream with patches of green and brown, and broken lines of black; apex almost always pink, aperture pearly white. Outer surface of operculum granular, slightly greenish-brown. Habitat: Middle eulittoral uner coral and boulders, Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997).
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bibliographic citation
Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
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Edward Vanden Berghe [email]