Turbonilla iolausi

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

Turbonilla iolausi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. iolausi
Binomial name
Turbonilla iolausi
Bartsch, 1955 [1]
Synonyms
  • Turbonilla acisi Bartsch, 1955
  • Turbonilla antaeusi Bartsch, 1955
  • Turbonilla terra Bartsch, 1955

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4.2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:[2]

  • Gulf of Mexico: Pliocene beds of North St. Petersburg, Florida, at depths to 46 m.

References
  1. Bartsch, P. 1955. The pyramidellid mollusks of the Pliocene deposits of North St. Petersburg, Florida. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 125(2): iii + 102 pp., 18 pls.
  2. WoRMS (2010). Turbonilla iolausi Bartsch, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420488 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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