Turbonilla grandis

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Turbonilla grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species: T. grandis
Binomial name
Turbonilla grandis
A. E. Verrill, 1885 [1]
Synonyms

Pyrgiscus grandis (A. E. Verrill, 1885)

Turbonilla grandis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

  • Northwest Atlantic, off Virginia, USA at a depth of 2893m.

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[2]

  • Distribution: Range: 37.42°N ; 73.2°W. Distribution: USA: Virginia

References

  1. ↑ Verrill, A. E. 1885. Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 395-452, pls. 42-44.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla grandis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160080 on 2012-03-01
  3. ↑ ITIS database
  4. ↑ Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.

External links

External identifiers for Turbonilla grandis
Encyclopedia of Life 454499
ITIS 75805
WoRMS 160080


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