Turbonilla electra

Turbonilla electra
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. electra
Binomial name
Turbonilla electra
Bartsch, 1927 [1]
Synonyms
  • Pyrgiscus electra (Bartsch, 1927)
  • Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) electra Bartsch, 1927

Turbonilla electra 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 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, USA, at a depth of 538 m.

References

  1. Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667): 1-134.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla electra Bartsch, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533553 on 2012-03-01

External links

External identifiers for Turbonilla electra
Encyclopedia of Life 396093
ITIS 75773
WoRMS 533553


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