Biology:Turbonilla kerstinae

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Short description: Species of mollusc

Turbonilla kerstinae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. kerstinae
Binomial name
Turbonilla kerstinae
Schander, 1994[1]

Turbonilla kerstinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 3.5 mm.

Distribution

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

  • Angola
  • Cape Verde
  • Mauritania

References

  1. Schander C. (1994 ("1993")) Twenty-eight new species of Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from West Africa. Notiziario CISMA 15: 11-78. (15 February 1994). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Turbonilla kerstinae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224474 on 2012-03-01
  3. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  4. Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1997) La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus suplemento 3: 1-105. (5 June 1997)

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7854274 entry