Turbonilla joubini

Turbonilla joubini
Apertural and abapertural view of a shell of Turbonilla joubini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species: T. joubini
Binomial name
Turbonilla joubini
Dautzenberg, 1912[1]

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

This species was named for Professor Joubin.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the estuary of the Congo River (Banana)


References

  1. Dautzenberg P. (1912 ("1913")) Mission Gruvel sur la cote occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910). Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique de Monaco 5(3): 1-111, pls 1-3. (December 1912). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Turbonilla joubini. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577034 on 2012-03-01
  3. Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1997) La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus suplemento 3: 1-105. (5 June 1997)

External links

External identifiers for Turbonilla joubini
WoRMS 577034


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