Turbonilla elegantula

Turbonilla elegantula
Drawing of a shell of Turbonilla elegantula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Turbonillinae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species: T. elegantula
Binomial name
Turbonilla elegantula
A. E. Verrill, 1882
Synonyms[1]
  • Besla elegans (d'Orbigny, 1841)
  • Chemnitzia elegans d'Orbigny, 1841 [2]
  • Turbonilla elegans (d’Orbigny, 1841)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla elegantula A. E. Verrill, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160348 on 2012-03-01
  2. d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Mollusques. Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 1: 1-240, pls. 1-10?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris
  3. ITIS database
  4. Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
External identifiers for Turbonilla elegantula
Encyclopedia of Life 403266
ITIS 75774
WoRMS 160348


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