Laevistrombus turturella

Laevistrombus turturella
	Five different views of a shell of an adult L. turturella: abapertural (upper left), right lateral (center), apertural (upper right), apical (lower left) and basal (lower right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Laevistrombus
Species:	L. turturella
Binomial name
	Laevistrombus turturella; (Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
	Lambis turturella Röding, 1798 (original combination); Strombus isabella Lamarck, 1822;

Laevistrombus turturella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Strombidae (true conches).^[1] There are only two living species within the genus Laevistrombus; the other congener is Laevistrombus canarium, the dog conch.

Taxonomy[]

There is some disagreement in the literature as to whether or not this taxon and the similar-looking Laevistrombus canarium are actually separate species. Man In 'T Veld & Turck (1998) considered that L. canarium and L. turturella are distinct (yet sympatric) species, based mainly on the shell morphology and a radula comparison.^[2] However, when Cob reviewed a number of Strombus species in 2009, examining both shell characters and anatomical data including details of the genitalia, operculum and radula, he concluded that L. turturella was simply a morphotype, and therefore a synonym of L. canarium.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2013). Laevistrombus turturella. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565670) on 9 January 2013 .
^ Man In 'T Veld, L. A.; De Turck, K. (1998). "Contributions to the knowledge of Strombacea. 6. A revision of the subgenus LaevistrombusKira, 1955 including the description of a new species from the New Hebrides". Gloria Maris. 36 (5–6): 73–107.
^ Cob, Z. C.; Arshad, A; Bujang, J. S.; Ghaffar, M. A. (2009). "Species description and distribution of Strombus (Mollusca: Strombidae) in Johor Straits and its surrounding areas" (PDF). Sains Malaysiana. 38 (1): 39–46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22.

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[WoRMS-1] Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2013). Laevistrombus turturella. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565670) on 9 January 2013 .

[GloriaMaris1998-2] Man In 'T Veld, L. A.; De Turck, K. (1998). "Contributions to the knowledge of Strombacea. 6. A revision of the subgenus LaevistrombusKira, 1955 including the description of a new species from the New Hebrides". Gloria Maris. 36 (5–6): 73–107.

[Cob4-3] Cob, Z. C.; Arshad, A; Bujang, J. S.; Ghaffar, M. A. (2009). "Species description and distribution of Strombus (Mollusca: Strombidae) in Johor Straits and its surrounding areas" (PDF). Sains Malaysiana. 38 (1): 39–46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22.

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