Chestnut Turban
Turbo castanea
Adult chestnut turbans inhabit shallow rocky shores, reefs, and seagrass-adjacent hard bottoms in the western Atlantic and Caribbean. They slowly graze algae from stones and other firm surfaces using a rasping radula. Their thick, chestnut-brown turban-shaped shell and hard operculum provide strong protection when they retreat.
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- Conservation status
- NE
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- Chestnut Turban