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Silver-mouth turban
Turbo argyrostomus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216371, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Silver-mouth turban
- Scientific
- Turbo argyrostomus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10 cm (length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The silver-mouth turban has a heavy, ridged shell with a silvery-white, pearly opening and a thick, rounded trapdoor. It lives on shallow reefs and rocky shores and grazes on algae.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=24); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=21, 11 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Turbo-argyrostomus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216371
- inaturalist.org /taxa/694597
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Turbo_argyrostomus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.