Turbinella

Turbinella
A live individual of Turbinella laevigata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Turbinellinae
Genus: Turbinella
Lamarck, 1799[1]
Type species
Voluta pyrum Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms[2]
  • Buccinella Perry, 1811
  • Turbinellus Lamarck, 1801 (invalid emendation of Turbinella, placed on Official Index by Opinion 489)
  • Xancus Röding, 1798

Turbinella is a genus of very large sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Turbinellinae of the family Turbinellidae.[2]

These species are sometimes known as "chanks" or "chank shells". One species in this genus is the sacred chank, Turbinella pyrum; see "Shankha" for the cultural and religious use of the shell of that species.

  1. ^ Lamarck (1799). Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris 73.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Turbinella Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204588 on 2011-04-27