Turbonilla alvheimi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. alvheimi
Binomial name
Turbonilla alvheimi
Lygre & Schander, 2010[1]

Turbonilla alvheimi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2] The species is named after Oddgeir Alvheim, a senior technician at the EAF-Nansen Programme who studied marine fauna off the coast of Africa.[3]

Distribution

This species lives in the Gulf of Guinea, West Africa.

Description

The Turbonilla alvheimi has a tall, hard, milky-white cone-shaped shell, with a pointy top.

References

  1. Lygre F. & Schander C. (2010) Six new species of pyramidellids (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Pyramidelloidea) from West Africa, introducing the new genus Kongsrudia. Zootaxa 2657:1–17.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2010). Turbonilla alvheimi Lygre & Schander, 2010. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535993 on 2012-03-01
  3. "Turbonilla alvheimi Lygre & Schander, 2010, new species - Plazi TreatmentBank". tb.plazi.org. Retrieved 2022-05-21.


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