Turbinella laevigata

Turbinella laevigata
A live individual of Turbinella laevigata in situ
Two views of a shell of Turbinella laevigata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turbinellidae
Genus: Turbinella
Species:
T. laevigata
Binomial name
Turbinella laevigata
Anton, 1838[1]
Synonyms
  • Xancus laevigata (Anton, 1838)
  • Turbinella ovoidea Kiener, 1840
  • Xancus ovoidea (Kiener, 1840)
  • Turbinella rianae Delsaerdt, 1987

Turbinella laevigata, common name the Brazilian chank, is a species of very large sea snail with a gill and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Turbinellinae of the family Turbinellidae.[2]

  1. ^ (in German) Anton H. E. 1839. Verzeichniss der Conchylien. Halle, xvi + 110 pp. Turbinella laevigata is on the page 71.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Turbinella laevigata Anton, 1838. 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=533539 on 2011-04-03