About Turbo laminiferus Reeve, 1848
This species, Turbo laminiferus Reeve, 1848, has a shell whose length ranges between 20 mm and 50 mm. The shell is solid, umbilicate, and has a pointed-ovate shape. Its coloration is greenish, with longitudinal black flame-like markings. The conic spire is pointed. The six whorls are very convex, and separated by canaliculate sutures. The body whorl has around nine relatively separated lirae, and the entire shell surface is covered with crowded, elevated subfoliaceous radiating lamellae. The round aperture makes up half the length of the shell or less. The peristome is usually nearly free from the body whorl at its upper end. The columella is excavated at the deep, prominent umbilicus. The operculum has a subcentral nucleus. Its outer surface is green and granulate, wrinkled along the outer margin, and has a radial sulcus that marks the boundary of the margin of increment. This marine species is distributed from Western Australia to Queensland, Australia, and can be found off the coast of Papua New Guinea.
