Turbonilla farroupilha

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Turbonilla farroupilha
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. farroupilha
Binomial name
Turbonilla farroupilha
Pimenta & Absalao, 2004[2]

Turbonilla farroupilha is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[3][4]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 7.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 42 m and 56 m.

References

  1. (Hibbert, 1980, p. 105)
  2. Pimenta, A. D. and R. S. Absalao. 2004. Fifteen new species and ten new records of Turbonilla Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil. Bollettino Malacologico 39: 113-140.
  3. WoRMS (2010). Turbonilla farroupilha Pimenta & Absalao, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389150 on 2012-03-01
  4. Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.

External links

External identifiers for Turbonilla farroupilha
Encyclopedia of Life 10301303
WoRMS 389150


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