Turbo castanea

Turbo castanea
Turbo castanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Turbo
Species:	T. castanea
Binomial name
Turbo castanea Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]
Aorotrema erraticum Pilsbry & McGinty, 1945 Lunatica granulata Röding, 1798 Lunatica tuberculata Röding, 1798 Trochus quadriseriatus Anton, 1838 Turbo ayersi Olsson, 1967 Turbo castanea f. crenulata Gmelin, 1791 Turbo castanea f. moltkiana Gmelin, 1791 Turbo castaneus Gmelin, 1791 Turbo crenulatus Gmelin, 1791 Turbo granulata Röding, 1798 Turbo hippocastanum Lamarck, 1822 Turbo mammillatus Donovan, E., 1804 Turbo muricatus Usticke, 1959 Turbo venezuelensis Weisbord, 1962 Turbo versicolor Usticke, 1959 Turbo virens Anton, 1839 Turbo (Lunatica) granulata Röding, P.F., 1798 Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea Gmelin, 1791

Turbo castanea, common names chestnut turban, chestnut turban snail-brown and Cat Eye Snail,^[2] is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.^[3]

Distribution

Distribution of Turbo castanea include: Aruba, Belize, Bonaire, Caribbean Sea, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Gulf of Mexico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela.;^[1] in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Brazil.

Abapertural view

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 55 mm.^[4]

This is an abundant species that is variable both in color and the prominence of the sculpture. The solid, imperforate shell has an ovate-conic shape. It is orange-colored, brown or gray, sometimes banded, flammulated, or maculated with white or brown. The conic spire is acute. The suture is subcanaliculate. The 5-6 convex whorls are somewhat flattened in the middle. They are ornamented with numerous unequal spiral granose, spinose or squamose lirae, of which the subsutural and three or four submedian are more prominent. The typical form is very sharply sculptured, the principal lirae occasionally bearing vaulted scales.The white aperture is subcircular, and subangular above. There is no umbilicus. The peristome is slightly produced below. The columella has a heavy white callus.

The operculum is castaneous within, with four rapidly increasing whorls. Its nucleus is one-third the distance across the face. The outer surface is convex and nearly smooth. It is white, or stained with brown and green around the middle.^[5]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[4] Maximum recorded depth is 141 m.^[4]

References

1. WoRMS (2010). Turbo castanea Gmelin, 1791. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=528089 on 2010-12-25
2. "Chestnut Turban Snail-Brown". accessed 25 December 2010.
3. Turbo castanea Gmelin, 1791.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 September 2012.
4. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
5. G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

• Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia. Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6): 3021-3910. Lipsiae
• Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum. viii + 199 pp. Hamburg.
• Anton, H. E. 1838. Verzeichniss der Conchylien. xvi + 110 pp
• Donovan, E. 1804. The Natural History of British Shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systemically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. Natural History of British Shells
• Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres 7: [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris
• Philippi, R. A. 1849. Centuria altera testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5: 99-112
• Pilsbry, H. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1945. Cyclostrematidae and Vitrinellidae of Florida—I. Nautilus 59: 1-13, pls. 1-2
• Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix. vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix
• Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193): 672 pp., 48 pls.
• Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 60
• Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
• 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.
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
• Rubio F., Fernández-Garcés R. & Rolán E. (2011) The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the Caribbean and neighboring areas. Iberus 29(2): 1-230. [December 2011]

External links

• Gastropods.com: Turbo (Marmarostoma) castanea