Turbo cailletii

Turbo cailletii, common name the filose turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.^[1]

Turbo cailletii
Apertural view of a shell of Turbo cailletii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Turbo
Species:	T. cailletii
Binomial name
Turbo cailletii P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857
Synonyms
Trochus filosus W. Wood, 1828 Turbo filosus W. Wood, 1828 Turbo (Marmarostoma) filosus Wood, W., 1828 Turbo (Taeniaturbo) cailletii Fischer, P. & A.C. Bernardi, 1856

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

Abapertural view

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 37 mm.^[2]

The ovate-conic shell is perforate, solid, and shining. The sutures are impressed. The 5-6 whorls are convex, rounded, and spirally lirate. The body whorl exceeds the balance of the shell in length. It contains six prominent spiral lirae and is minutely lirate around the umbilicus. The ovate aperture is transversely dilated, and silvery within. The peristome is acute. The white columella is thickened. The color pattern of the shell is intense orange-red, the lirae are punctate with white. The white operculum is convex on its outside.^[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 36 m.^[2]