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Turban Topshell

Gibbula magus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 78, February 58, March 91, April 143, May 206, June 224, July 240, August 206, September 152, October 113, November 62, December 48.
United States1,621
Alaska1,621
Spain86
France69
Galicia68
United Kingdom59
Portugal55
England44
FARO36
Bretagne31

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderTrochida
FamilyTop Snails · Trochidae
GenusGibbula

Sources

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