Turbonilla brachia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. brachia
Binomial name
Turbonilla brachia
E.A. Smith, 1890 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Turbonilla brachia E. A. Smith, 1890

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 1.5 mm.

Distribution

The type specimen was found in the Atlantic Ocean off St Helena.

References

  1. ↑ Smith, E. A. 1890. Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 247-317, pls. 21-24
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2012). Turbonilla brachia E.A. Smith, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556594 on 2012-03-01
  3. ↑ Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2000). The family Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) in West Africa. 7. Addenda to the genera Eulimella and Turbonilla, with a list of the eastAtlantic species and synonyms. Argonauta 13(2): 59-80.


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