Afroturbonilla multitudinalis

Afroturbonilla multitudinalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Afroturbonilla
Species: A. multitudinalis
Binomial name
Afroturbonilla multitudinalis
Peñas & Rolán, 2002[1]

Afroturbonilla multitudinalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. This species is one of three other species within the Afroturbonilla genus, with the exception of the others being Afroturbonilla engli and Afroturbonilla hattenbergeriana.[2][3]

Distribution

This species occurs within the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ghana.

References

  1. ↑ Peñas A. & Rolán E. 2002. La superfamilia Pyramidelloidea Gray, 1840 (Mollusca,Gastropoda, Heterostropha) de Africa Occidental, 10. Addenda 2. Iberus,20(1): 1-54.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ↑ WoRMS (2010). Afroturbonilla multitudinalis Peñas & Rolán, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395538 on 2011-10-26
  3. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.


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