Turbonilla fasciata

Turbonilla fasciata
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. fasciata
Binomial name
Turbonilla fasciata
(d'Orbigny, 1840) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chemnitzia fasciata d'Orbigny, 1840 (basionym)
  • Pyrgiscus fasciata (d'Orbigny, 1840)
  • Pyrgostelis fasciata (d'Orbigny, 1840)
  • Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) fasciata (d'Orbigny, 1840)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

  1. d'Orbigny, A. 1840. Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5: 377-424, pls. 53, 67, 70-71. P. Bertrand: Pari
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla fasciata (d'Orbigny, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588596 on 2012-03-01
External identifiers for Turbonilla fasciata
WoRMS 588596


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