Biology:Turbonilla brachia

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Turbonilla brachia
Scientific classification edit
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. 2.0 2.1 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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7853999 entry