Turbonilla aquilonaria

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

Turbonilla aquilonaria
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. aquilonaria
Binomial name
Turbonilla aquilonaria
Silva-Absalao, Dos Santos & De Olivera, 2003[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found in the intertidal zone, near Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco State, Brazil

References
  1. Absalao, R. S., F. N. dos Santos, D. de Oliveira Tenório. 2003. Five new species of Turbonilla Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pyramidellidae) found off the northeast coast of Brazil). Zootaxa 235: 1-11
  2. WoRMS (2010). Turbonilla aquilonaria Silva-Absalao, Dos Santos & De Olivera, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388352 on 2012-03-01
  3. Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.


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