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Prisogaster

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Prisogaster is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Prisogasterinae of the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderTrochida
  5. FamilyTurbinidae
Habitatmarine
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Prisogaster is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Prisogasterinae of the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.

==Description== "The very solid, imperforate shell has an ovate or subglobular shape. It is dark colored. The large aperture is oblique. The inner surface of the operculum is yellow, subconcave, with a submarginal, basal nucleus. Its outer surface is very convex."

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