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Cat's-eye shell

Turbo petholatus Linnaeus, 1758

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The cat's-eye shell (Turbo petholatus) is a species in the family Turbinidae, order Trochida.

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Quick facts about the cat's-eye shell

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cat's-eye shell live?

Not recorded

Is the cat's-eye shell endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cat's-eye shell classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyTurbinidae
  6. genusTurbo
  7. SpeciesTurbo petholatus Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Lunatica aruginosa, Lunatica porphyria, Turbo aruginosa, Turbo cingulata, Turbo dinegrata, Turbo humerosa, Turbo obscura, Turbo petholatus, Turbo petholatus var. humerosus, Turbo porphyrites, Turbo roxas

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Tapestry turbanEnglish
  • Tapestry turban snailEnglish
  • donka gobelínováCzech
  • GobelinturbanGerman
  • Turbo-oeil de chatFrench
  • リュウテンJapanese
  • Turbo-esbeltoPortuguese
  • Гобеленовый турбоRussian
  • turbo maľovanýSlovak
  • หอยตาวัวนํ้าลึกThai
  • 貓眼蠑螺Chinese
  • Gobelin-TurbanschneckeGerman
  • KatzenaugenschneckeGerman
  • リュウテンサザエJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cat's-eye shell

Other species in the same genus Turbo.

Green snail

Turbo marmoratus

TurbinidaeNo free photo yet

Alikreukel

Turbo sarmaticus

TurbinidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the cat's-eye shell?

The cat's-eye shell (Turbo petholatus) belongs to the family Turbinidae in the order Trochida.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cat's-eye shell (Turbo petholatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cats-eye-shell

MLA

“Cat's-eye shell (Turbo petholatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cats-eye-shell.

BibTeX
@misc{cats_eye_shell_2026,
  title = {Cat's-eye shell (Turbo petholatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cats-eye-shell},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}