Turbo scitulus

Turbo scitulus, common name the Galapagos turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.^[1][2]

Turbo scitulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Turbo
Species:	T. scitulus
Binomial name
Turbo scitulus (Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]
Turbo agonistes Dall & Ochsner, 1928 Turbo (Marmarostoma) scitulus (Dall, W.H., 1919)

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:^[1]

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

Description

The length of the purple shell varies between 25 mm and 31 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean in the subtidal and intertidal zone off the Galapagos Islands.