Turbo haynesi

Turbo haynesi, common name Hayne's turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae.^[1] This species is endemic to the Western Atlantic, particularly found in shallow reef environments from Florida to Brazil.^[2] Like many turbinids, Turbo haynesi plays an ecological role as a grazer, helping control algal growth on coral reefs.^[3]

Phylum:Mollusca

Class:Gastropoda

Subclass:Vetigastropoda

Order:Trochida

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Turbo haynesi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Family:	Turbinidae
Genus:	Turbo
Species:	T. haynesi
Binomial name
*Turbo haynesi* Preston, 1914
Synonyms^[1]
Senectus necnivosus Iredale, 1929 (replacement name of Turbo nivosus Montagu, 1803) Turbo foliaceus haynesi Preston, 1914 Turbo menkei Thiele, 1930 Turbo nivosus Reeve, 1848 (preoccupied name of Turbo nivosus Montagu, 1803) Turbo (Carswellena) haynesi (Preston, 1914) Turbo (Marmarostoma) haynesi (Preston, 1914) Turbo (Marmarostoma) menkei Thiele, 1930

Description

The shell grows to a length of 27 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia to Queensland, Australia and off New Caledonia.

References

[1]
Turbo haynesi Preston, 1914. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 September 2012.
[2]
Munguia, Pablo (June 2011). "Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1: Biodiversity. Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Series. Edited by Darryl L. Felder and David K. Camp. College Station (Texas): Texas A&M University Press. $95.00. xxi + 1393 p. + 32 pl.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978‐1‐60344‐094‐3. 2009". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 86 (2): 133–134. doi:10.1086/659907. ISSN 0033-5770.
[3]
Birkeland, Charles (2015), "Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene", Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 1–15, ISBN 978-94-017-7248-8, retrieved 29 July 2025{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)

Reeve, L.A. 1848. Monograph of the genus Turbo. pls 1-13 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4
Preston, H.B. 1914. Description of new species of land and marine shells from the Montebello Island, Western Australia. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 11: 13-18
Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30-31
Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5
Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp
Alf A. & Kreipl K. (2003). A Conchological Iconography: The Family Turbinidae, Subfamily Turbininae, Genus Turbo. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany.
Williams, S.T. (2007). Origins and diversification of Indo-West Pacific marine fauna: evolutionary history and biogeography of turban shells (Gastropoda, Turbinidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 92, 573–592.

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