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.

Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Turbo setosus,76,9mm, Kwajalein

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lexID:: 17704
AphiaID:: 413432

Scientific:: Turbo setosus
German:: Raue Turbanschnecke
English:: Rough Turban

Category:: Snails

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:

Turbo acutangulus
Turbo albofasciatus
Turbo angelvaldesi
Turbo argyrostomus
Silbermund-Turbanschnecke
Turbo artensis
Turbo bozzettiana
Turbo cailletii
Turbo canaliculatus
Turbo castanea
Kastanien-Turbanschnecke, Oranges Katzenauge
Turbo chinensis
Turbo chrysostomus
Goldmund Turban, Goldmund Turboschnecke
Turbo cidaris
Turbo cornutus
Turbo crassus
Turbo debesi
Turbo excellens
Turbo exquisitus
Turbo fluctuosus
Turbo Schnecke
Turbo funiculosus
Turbo gemmatus
Turbo gruneri
Turbo haraldi
Turbo haynesi
Turbo heterocheilus
Turbo imperialis
Turbo intercostalis
Turbo jonathani
Turbo jourdani
Turbo kenwilliamsi
Turbo laetus
Turbo lajonkairii
Turbo laminiferus
Kräusel Turban, Runzelige Turbanschnecke
Turbo lorenzi
Turbo marisrubri
Turbo markusrufi
Turbo marmoratus
Turbo militaris
Militär Turbanschnecke
Turbo moluccensis
Turbo moolenbeeki
Turbo petholatus
Gobelin Turban, Katzenaugenschnecke
Turbo radiatus
Turbo reevii
Turbo replicatus
Turbo sandwicensis
Hawaiianische Turbanschnecke
Turbo sarmaticus
Südafrikanischer Turban
Turbo saxosus
Turbo scitulus
Turbo setosus
Raue Turbanschnecke
Turbo smithi
Turbo sparverius
Turbo squamiger
Turbo stenogyrus
Turbo tuberculosus
Tuberkel Turbanschnecke
Turbo tursicus
Turbo walteri

More related species in this lexicon:

Turbo bruneus
Braune Pazifische Turboschnecke, Zwerg Turbanschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-09-05 19:58:36
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

Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 05.09.2025.

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