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The common name turban snail presumably refers to the shell's similarity in appearance to a turban. However, the scientific name Turbinidae is based on the genus name Turbo, which is Latin for spinning top, a child's toy. The word turbine has a similar derivation.
Turbo is a genus of large sea snails with gills and an operculum, ... evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological ...
Turbo marmoratus, known as the green turban, the marbled turban or great green turban, is a large species of marine gastropod with a thick calcareous operculum in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. [1] The shells of these large sea snails have a very thick layer of nacre; this species has been commercially fished as a source of mother of ...
An old empty shell of Megastraea undosa, wedged under a rock and covered in the pink coralline alga Lithothamnion, which has cemented it to the substrate. Megastraea undosa, common name the wavy turban snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. [2]
The scientific name Turbo cornutus, literally means "horned turban," and it is characterized by a hard, ventricose, spiny, imperforate shell of which the length varies between 65 and 120 mm (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 and 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 in). It has a large, thick, green-gray shell with irregular incremental striae and spiral lirae.
It is estimated that the average human would need to consume around 400 snails a day to meet their minimum caloric needs if it were the only food consumed. [4] Evidence for human consumption of black turban snails includes the discovery of shell middens in association with tools referred to by researchers as "turban crackers". Evidence from ...
Dorsal view of a shell Umbilical view Scientific classification ... is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae, the turban ...
Lunella coronata, common name the crowned turban shell or the coronate moon turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. [ 1 ] Description