Turbo petholatus Tapestry Turban, Cat's-eye shell

Turbo petholatus is commonly referred to as Tapestry Turban, Cat's-eye shell. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 112 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anders Poulsen, Dänemark

Copyright Anders Poulsen, colours.dk

Courtesy of the author Anders Poulsen, Dänemark . Please visit www.colours.dk for more information.

Uploaded by AndiV.

Image detail

Profile

lexID:: 6079
AphiaID:: 216382

Scientific:: Turbo petholatus
German:: Gobelin Turban, Katzenaugenschnecke
English:: Tapestry Turban, Cat's-eye Shell

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Trochida (Order) > Turbinidae (Family) > Turbo (Genus) > petholatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Linnaeus, 1758

Occurrence:: China, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Red Sea, South-Pazific, Tasmania (Australia), The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands)
Sea depth:: 1 - 61 Meter
Size:: 2.36" - 3.15" (6cm - 8,5cm)
Weight:: 26.3 kg
Temperature:: 75.2 °F - 82.4 °F (24°C - 28°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore)
Tank:: 24.64 gal (~ 112L)
Difficulty:: Easy
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:: 2013-09-20 20:35:23
Last edit:: 2020-01-12 09:20:09

Info

Turbo petholatus Linnaeus, 1758

Turbo petholatus is a turban snail. It grows up to a maximum of 8.5 cm.The color is very variable, the inside is made of nacre.

Turbo petholatus lives in depths up to 40 m in the tropical Indo-Pacific, East Africa and the Red Sea.

It is one of the most beautiful snails from their family. The cases are due to its beauty shell making jewelry (Opercula - "Cat's Eye").

The photo of the green snail probably shows a juvenile Turbo petholatus.

Synonymised names:
Lunatica porphyria Röding, 1798
Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
Turbo aruginosa Röding, 1798
Turbo cingulata Röding, 1798
Turbo dinegrata Rôding, 1798
Turbo euthymi Jousseaume, 1881
Turbo humerosa E. A. Smith, 1901
Turbo obscura Röding, 1798
Turbo porphyrites [sic, porphyria] (misspelling of porphyria)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Underwaterkwaj (en). Abgerufen am 14.03.2022.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Turbo petholatus Copyright Henning Wiese

Husbandry know-how of owners

0 husbandary tips from our users available
Show all and discuss

What's that ?

The following is an overview of "what's that?" Entries that have been successfully determined and assigned to this entry. A look at the entertainments there is certainly interesting.