RM150.00 – RM800.00
A lightweight, thin-shelled species, it is spirally coiled, but this is only obvious when the is sectioned. The shell is also partitioned; the resulting chambers are connected to each other by a hollow tube. It is bilaterally symmetrical, with a large aperture but no umbilicus. White or creamy color, with zebralike, reddish stripes radiating from the umbilical region though not extending onto the broadest part of the body whorl.
| Size (in) | 2 – 3in, 3 – 4in, 4 – 5in, 5 – 6in, 6 – 7in, 7 – 8in, 8 – 9in |
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Superfamily: Trochoidea (RT47)
Family: Turbinidae
Species: Turbo Sarmaticus Polished (Linnaeus 1758)
Common Name: South African Turban
Habitat: Subtidal on Rocky shore
Origin: South Africa
Average Size: 7cm (3in)
Superfamily: Trochoidea (RT47)
Family: Turbinidae
Species: Turbo Sarmaticus Polished (Linnaeus 1758)
Common Name: South African Turban
Habitat: Subtidal on Rocky shore
Origin: South Africa
Average Size: 7cm (3in)
