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Gastropoda Trochidae Phorcus Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778)

Class Gastropoda

Family Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815

Genus Phorcus Risso, 1826

Species Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778)

 

Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778)
Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778) (Mollusca – Gastropoda). Loc. Terre Rosse (Siena). Pliocene. Height 30 mm.

Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778) (Mollusca – Gastropoda) is a Pliocene rare species of Trochidae reported in a few specimens from the Tuscan Pliocene. Height of specimen 30 mm. This Pliocene species does not totally correspond to the current species.

Original description:

K. II. 4. Trochus turbinatus. Testa ovata, laevi, anfractibus convexis, columella unidentata, imperforata.

α alba, maculis oblongis, nigris.

β alba, venulis, cingulisque articulatis nigris.

γ alba, venulis, cingulisque articulatis purpureis.

Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778). Loc. Terre Rosse (Siena). Pliocene. Height 30 mm. Oral, lateral view.

Born I. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. Vindobonae. Pag. 340.

Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778). Loc. Terre Rosse (Siena). Pliocene. Height 30 mm. Lateral view.

We thank our friend Massimo Cresti for the execution and use of the photos.

Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778). Loc. Terre Rosse (Siena). Pliocene. Height 30 mm. Basal view.

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