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Prisogaster
Sign in to savePrisogaster is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Prisogasterinae of the family Turbinidae, the turban snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderTrochida
- FamilyTurbinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Turbinidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Peru, New Zealand, Chile
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- Parent taxon
- Turbinidae
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- Prisogaster elevatus 001.jpg
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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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