Turbo regenfusii

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

Turbo regenfusii
Shell of Turbo regenfusii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Turbo
Species:	T. regenfusii
Binomial name
Turbo regenfusii Deshayes, 1843
Synonyms
Turbo imperialis regenfusii Deshayes, 1843 (uncertain synonymy)

This is a species inquirenda and is also considered a synonym of Turbo (Lunatica) marmoratus Linnaeus, C., 1758

Description

The length of the shell attains 220 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar; also off the Fiji Islands.