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Crowned turban shell

Lunella coronata (Gmelin, 1791)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The crowned turban shell (Lunella coronata) is a species in the family Turbinidae, order Trochida.

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Quick facts about the crowned turban 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 crowned turban shell live?

Not recorded

Is the crowned turban 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 crowned turban shell classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderTrochida
  5. familyTurbinidae
  6. genusLunella
  7. SpeciesLunella coronata (Gmelin, 1791)

Synonyms Lunella coronata coronata, Lunella viridana, Turbo coronatus, Turbo creniferus, Turbo hemprichii, Turbo modestus, Turbo viridana

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • カンギクJapanese
  • 珠螺Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the crowned turban shell

Other species in the same genus Lunella.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the crowned turban shell?

The crowned turban shell (Lunella coronata) belongs to the family Turbinidae in the order Trochida.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Crowned turban shell (Lunella coronata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/crowned-turban-shell

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“Crowned turban shell (Lunella coronata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/crowned-turban-shell.

BibTeX
@misc{crowned_turban_shell_2026,
  title = {Crowned turban shell (Lunella coronata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/crowned-turban-shell},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}