Guildfordia_aculeata

<i>Guildfordia aculeata</i>

Guildfordia aculeata

Species of gastropod

Guildfordia aculeata , common name the aculeate star turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.[1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. [1]
    Guildfordia aculeata Kosuge, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2010.
  • Kosuge S. (1979) Description of a new species of the genus Guildfordia (Turbinidae, Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Institute of Malacology, Tokyo 1(2): 20, pl. 4.
  • Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2011) The family Turbinidae. Subfamilies Turbininae Rafinesque, 1815 and Prisogasterinae Hickman & McLean, 1990. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds), A Conchological Iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. pp. 1–82, pls 104–245
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