Turbo laetus

Turbo laetus is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.^[1]

• Taxonomic status: Some authors place the name in the subgenus Turbo (Euninella)

Turbo laetus
Drawing of a shell of Turbo laetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Turbo
Species:	T. laetus
Binomial name
Turbo laetus Philippi, 1849
Synonyms
Turbo (Carswellena) laetus Philippi, 1849 Turbo (Euninella) laetus Philippi, 1849 Turbo splendidulus G.B. Sowerby III, 1886 Turbo (Turbo) splendidulus Sowerby, G.B. III, 1886

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 75 mm. The conoid, imperforate shell is spirally lirate. It is smooth, pale flesh colored, and painted with large radiating ferrugineous maculations. The lirae number about nine on the body whorl, alternately smaller, the third much elevated forming an angle. The lirae of the base of the shell are slightly elevated, white and black maculated. The columella is surrounded by an orange colored area. The aperture is subcircular and silvery within.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Southeast Africa, to Tanzania and the Gulf of Oman.