Turbonilla brasiliensis

Turbonilla brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Turbonillinae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species: T. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Turbonilla brasiliensis
Clessin, 1902 [1]
Synonyms
  • Turbonilla interrupta auct. non Totten, 1835
  • Turbonilla iheringi Clessin, 1900
  • Turbonilla clessini Ihering, 1907

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 48 m and 56 m.

References

  1. Clessin, S. 1900. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet 1(28): 41-224, pl. 10-36.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla brasiliensis Clessin, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533546 on 2012-03-01

External links

External identifiers for Turbonilla brasiliensis
Encyclopedia of Life 19661548
WoRMS 533546


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