Turbonilla fustis

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

Turbonilla fustis
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. fustis
Binomial name
Turbonilla fustis
Odé, 1995 [1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 3.2 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations at depths between 42 m and 128 m:[2]

  • Gulf of Mexico: Louisiana, Texas

References
  1. Odé, H. 1995. Distribution and records of the marine Mollusca in the northwest Gulf of Mexico (a continuing monograph: Superfamily Pyramidelloidea, Family Pyramidellidae Part VI) (Turbonilla continued). Texas Conchologist 31: 81-91
  2. WoRMS (2010). Turbonilla fustis Odé, 1995. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420486 on 2012-03-01
  3. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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