Turbonilla exilis

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

Turbonilla exilis
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. exilis
Binomial name
Turbonilla exilis
Synonyms
  • Chemnitzia exilis C. B. Adams, 1850 (basionym)
  • Pyrgiscus exilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) exilis (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations at depths between 5 m to 115 m:

  • Atlantic Ocean: North Carolina
  • Caribbean Sea: Florida; Jamaica, Haiti
  • Lesser Antilles: Virgin Islands: St. Croix

References
  1. Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology 5: 69-75
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla exilis (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533558 on 2012-03-01
  3. Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.


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