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giant green turban

Turbo marmoratus

Classification

Turbo marmoratus, known as the green turban, the marbled turban or great green turban, is a large species of marine gastropod with a thick calcareous operculum in the family Turbinidae, the turban snails. The shells of these large sea snails have a very thick layer of nacre; this species has been commercially fished as a source of mother of pearl. Distribution These large snails live in tropical reefs in the Indian Ocean (off Tanzania, Madagascar, Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin) and tropical western Pacific oceans; also off Queensland, Australia.

Distribution

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France · 17