Biology:Turbonilla nivea

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Turbonilla nivea
The image shows 2 labels and a glass tube stuffed with cotton. 2 white, long, sharp shells are at the bottom, which are turbonilla niveas.
Turbonilla nivea (only the 2 shells at the bottom are turbonilla niveas)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. nivea
Binomial name
Turbonilla nivea
(Stimpson, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
  • Turbonilla stricta A. E. Verrill, 1873
  • Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) nivea (Stimpson, 1851)

Turbonilla nivea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4][5]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Caribbean Sea
  • Lesser Antilles
  • Atlantic Ocean (Cobscook Bay, Gulf of Maine to Central Brazil)

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Distribution: Range: 45°N to 24°S; 75°W to 45°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Chéticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil; Brazil: São Paulo
  • Habitat: intertidal and infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla nivea (Stimpson, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160084 on 2012-04-21
  2. ↑ ITIS database
  3. ↑ Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  4. ↑ Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
  5. ↑ Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3737274 entry




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