Turbonilla muelleri

Turbonilla muelleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species: T. muelleri
Binomial name
Turbonilla muelleri
Maltzan, 1885

Turbonilla muelleri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Turbonilla muelleri Maltzan, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576966 on 2012-04-21
  2. 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 muelleri
WoRMS 576966


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