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Turbo sarmaticus (giant periwinkle)

Synonyms: Sarmaticus classicarius; Senectus pethiolatus; Turbo classicarius; Turbo pethiolatus

Wikipedia Abstract

Turbo sarmaticus, common name the South African turban, is a species of sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinidae. Some authors place this species in the subgenus Sarmaticus.
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Predators

Haematopus moquini (African Oystercatcher)[1]
Octopus vulgaris (common octopus)[2]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1SCOTT, H.A., DEAN, W.R.J. & WATSON, L.H. 2012. Diet and habitat use by the African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini in De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa. Marine Ornithology 40: 1–10.
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0