Turbo ( Lunatica ) imperialis Gmelin, 1791

Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), Zootaxa 4049 (1), pp. 1-98 : 70-71

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Turbo ( Lunatica) imperialis Gmelin, 1791 View in CoL —new record

Turbo imperialis Gmelin, 1791: 3594 View in CoL . Martens, 1880: 293. Cernohorsky, 1974: 154, fig. 15 ( holotype). Cernohorsky, 1978: 38, pl. 10, fig. 1. Type loc.: ‘ in Sina ’ [ China]; holotype in ZMUC ( Cernohorsky 1974).

Turbo imperialis View in CoL var. regenfussi — Odhner, 1919: 42.

Turbo ( Dinassovica) imperialis View in CoL — Alf & Kreipl, 2003: 48, pls. 70, 71.

Distribution. Indian Ocean; from Western Australia to central East Africa, south to central Zululand (Cape Vidal area); local material living on shallow subtidal reefs to 20 m.

Notes. The relationship of this taxon to Turbo regenfussi Deshayes, 1843 requires further investigation.

Subgenus Marmarostoma Swainson, 1829 . Type species (o.d.): Turbo chrysostomus Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL .