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Chank

Turbinella
Turbinella laevigata.png
A live individual of Turbinella laevigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Turbinellidae
Subfamily: Turbinellinae
Genus: Turbinella
Lamarck, 1799
Type species
Voluta pyrum Linnaeus, 1767
species

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Synonyms
  • Buccinella Perry, 1811
  • Turbinellus Lamarck, 1801 (invalid emendation of Turbinella, placed on Official Index by Opinion 489)
  • Xancus Bolten, 1798

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Turbinella is a genus of very large sea snails with an operculum, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.

These species are sometimes known as "chanks" or "chank shells". One species in this genus is the sacred chank, Turbinella pyrum; see "Shankha" for the cultural and religious use of the shell of that species.

Species in this genus are found world-wide, mostly in tropical shallow waters.

Most species have massive shells with three or four prominent columellar plicae.

Species within the genus Turbinella include:


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