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Turbo setosus Rough Turban

Turbo setosus is commonly referred to as Rough Turban. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Turbo setosus,76,9mm, Kwajalein


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lexID:
17704 
AphiaID:
413432 
Scientific:
Turbo setosus 
German:
Raue Turbanschnecke 
English:
Rough Turban 
Category:
Ślimaki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Turbinidae (Family) > Turbo (Genus) > setosus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Gmelin, 1791 
Occurrence:
Australia, Indonesia, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, the Seychelles 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Lagoons, Reef-associated, Seaward facing reefs, Seawater, Sea water, Under rocks 
Size:
1.97" - 3.15" (5cm - 8cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Deposit feeder 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
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More related species
in this lexicon
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-09-05 20:06:42 

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Turbo setosus Gmelin, 1791

A shell snail from the family Turbinidae, called turban snails. Members of the family have a spherical, usually thick shell. They have a calcareous operculum to close the shell opening.

Synonymised names
Lunatica vericulum Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbo maoa Curtiss, 1938 · unaccepted

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 05.09.2025.

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