Turbonilla leta

Turbonilla leta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species: T. leta
Binomial name
Turbonilla leta
Bartsch, 1927 [1]
Synonyms
  • Pyrgiscus leta Bartsch, 1927
  • Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) leta Bartsch, 1927

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia and Florida.

References

  1. Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667): 1-134
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla leta Bartsch, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533565 on 2012-03-01
External identifiers for Turbonilla leta
Encyclopedia of Life 454547
ITIS 75838
WoRMS 533565


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