Turbonilla kymatoessa

Turbonilla kymatoessa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species: T. kymatoessa
Binomial name
Turbonilla kymatoessa
(Watson, 1886) [1]
Synonyms
  • Odostomia kymatoessa Watson, 1886
  • Chemnitzia kymatoessa Watson, 1886

Turbonilla kymatoessa 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 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Puerto Rico.

References

  1. Watson, R. B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology 15(2): i-v, 1-680, 692-756, 50 pls. Her Majesty's Government: London
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla kymatoessa (Watson, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533564 on 2012-03-01

External links

External identifiers for Turbonilla kymatoessa
Encyclopedia of Life 19660495
WoRMS 533564


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