Houbricka incisa

Houbricka incisa

Drawing of a shell of Houbricka incisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Houbricka
Species:	H. incisa
Binomial name
*Houbricka incisa* (Bush, 1899)
Synonyms
Turbonilla incisa Bush, 1899 (original combination; non Koenen, 1891) Turbonilla incisa var. contricta Bush, 1899 (non Folin, 1870)

Houbricka incisa, common name the incised turbonilla, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]^[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:^[1]

Gulf of Mexico (from Georgia to Yucatan)

References

1 2 WoRMS (2010). Houbricka incisa (Bush, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420474 on 2011-10-26
↑ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

K.J. Bush (1899), Descriptions of New Species of Turbonilla of the Western Atlantic Fauna, with Notes on Those Previously Known; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1899), pp. 145-177

External links

External identifiers for Houbricka incisa
Encyclopedia of Life	579861
ITIS	567711
WoRMS	420474

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