Turbonilla magnifica
| Turbonilla magnifica | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Turbonilla magnifica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Heterobranchia |
| Clade: | Euthyneura |
| Clade: | Panpulmonata |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Turbonilla |
| Species: | T. magnifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla magnifica (Seguenza G., 1879) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Turbonilla magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4]
Description
The shell has a white or pinkish white color and is often beautifully iridescent. Its length measures 12 mm. The teleoconch contains 11-12 whorls, somewhat flattened, rounded at the impressed suture. They are longitudinally ribbed with curved ribs. The low and rounded columella is not dentate. [5]
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Canary Islands
- Cape Verde
- European waters (ERMS scope)
- Mediterranean Sea
- United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Notes
Additional information regarding this species:[1]
- authority: authority with a T. in the initials according to Rolan (instead of G. according to Gofas).
References
- 1 2 3 4 Gofas, S. (2012). Turbonilla magnifica (Seguenza G., 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141074 on 2012-03-01
- ↑ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
- ↑ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 322
External links
| External identifiers for Turbonilla magnifica | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 4811167 |
| WoRMS | 141074 |
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
- To CLEMAM
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
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