Turbonilla argentina

Turbonilla argentina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species: T. argentina
Binomial name
Turbonilla argentina
(Doello-Jurado, 1938)
Synonyms[1]

Eulimella argentina Doello-Jurado, 1938 (basionym)

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

It was formerly placed in the genus in Eulimella, but a study published in November 2011 in Zootaxa, concluded that it did not belong there.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay and Argentina.

References

External identifiers for Turbonilla argentina
Encyclopedia of Life 19660859
WoRMS 585343


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