Turbinella laevigata
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| A live individual of Turbinella laevigata in situ | |
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| Two views of a shell of Turbinella laevigata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Turbinellidae |
| Subfamily: | Turbinellinae |
| Genus: | Turbinella |
| Species: | T. laevigata |
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Turbinella laevigata Anton, 1838 |
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Turbinella laevigata, common name the Brazilian chank, is a species of very large sea snail with a gill and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the subfamily Turbinellinae of the family Turbinellidae.
There are two subspecies of this species:
The shell of this species is thick and heavy, and can grow as large as 200 mm in length.
This species is found in Brazil.
The spawn of Turbinella laevigata has 240 eggs in every capsule; each capsule contains a high number of nurse eggs.
Turbinella laevigata is used as a zootherapeutical product. It is used as a treatment for sexual impotence in traditional Brazilian medicine in the northeast of Brazil.
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