Nisiturris fluminensis

Nisiturris fluminensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Nisiturris
Species: N. fluminensis
Binomial name
Nisiturris fluminensis
(Pimenta & Absalao, 2004)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Turbonilla fluminensis Pimenta & Absalão, 2004 (original combination)

Nisiturris fluminensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 50 m and 100 m.

References

  1. Pimenta, A. D. and R. S. Absalao. 2004. Fifteen new species and ten new records of Turbonilla Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil. Bollettino Malacologico 39: 113-140
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Nisiturris fluminensis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731395 on 2015-04-11
  3. Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.

External links

External identifiers for Nisiturris fluminensis
Encyclopedia of Life 4811169
WoRMS 731395


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