Turbonilla emertoni

Turbonilla emertoni
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. emertoni
Binomial name
Turbonilla emertoni
A. E. Verrill, 1882 [1]

Turbonilla emertoni 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 4.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off New England at a depth of 435 m.

References

  1. Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5: 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533554 on 2012-03-01

External links

External identifiers for Turbonilla emertoni
Encyclopedia of Life 454574
ITIS 75778
WoRMS 533554


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