Turbonilla americana

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

Turbonilla americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:
Turbonillinae
Genus:
Turbonilla
Species:
T. americana
Binomial name
Turbonilla americana
(d'Orbigny, 1841) [1]
Synonyms

Chemnitzia americana d'Orbigny, 1840 (basionym)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 45 m and 100 m..

References
  1. 'Orbigny, A. 1840. Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5: 377-424, pls. 53, 67, 70-71. P. Bertrand: Paris.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla americana (d'Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533540 on 2012-03-01


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