Turbonilla fasciata

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

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)

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


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