Turbonilla aquilonaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. aquilonaria
Binomial name
Turbonilla aquilonaria
Silva-Absalao, Dos Santos & De Olivera, 2003[1]

Turbonilla aquilonaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found in the intertidal zone, near Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco State, Brazil

References

  1. Absalao, R. S., F. N. dos Santos, D. de Oliveira Tenório. 2003. Five new species of Turbonilla Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pyramidellidae) found off the northeast coast of Brazil). Zootaxa 235: 1-11
  2. WoRMS (2010). Turbonilla aquilonaria Silva-Absalao, Dos Santos & De Olivera, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388352 on 2012-03-01
  3. Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.


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