Turbonilla densecostata

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Turbonilla densecostata
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. densecostata
Binomial name
Turbonilla densecostata
(Philippi, 1844) [1]
Synonyms

Chemnitzia densecostata Philippi, 1844 (basionym)

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

Turbonilla densecostata is probably a synonym of Turbonilla rufa (Philippi, 1836) fide Aarsten (1981) [3]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea. Watson's record from Puerto Rico is probably not the same species. [4]

References

  1. Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae 2: iv + 303 pp., pls. 13-28. Eduardi Anton: Halis Saxonum.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla densecostata (Philippi, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533551 on 2012-03-01
  3. Aartsen, J.J. van, 1981. European Pyramidellidae: II. Turbonilla.— Boll. Malac. 17: 61-88
  4. Watson, R. B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology 15(2): i-v, 1-680, 692-756, 50 pls. Her Majesty's Government: London

External links

External identifiers for Turbonilla densecostata
Encyclopedia of Life 4811155
WoRMS 533551


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