Turbonilla hecuba

Turbonilla hecuba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species: T. hecuba
Binomial name
Turbonilla hecuba
Dall & Bartsch, 1913 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) hecuba Dall and Bartsch, 1913

Turbonilla hecuba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4][5][6]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[2]

References

  1. Dall, W. H. and P. Bartsch. 1913. New species of mollusks from the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of Canada. Victoria Memorial Museum Bulletin 1: 139-145, pl. 10
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla hecuba Dall & Bartsch, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160081 on 2012-03-01
  3. ITIS database
  4. Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
  5. Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
  6. Mayhew, R. and F. Cole. 1994 MS. A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo.

External links

External identifiers for Turbonilla hecuba
Encyclopedia of Life 485263
ITIS 75812
WoRMS 160081


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, March 17, 2012. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.