Houbricka incisa

Incised turbonilla
Drawing of a shell of Houbricka incisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Houbricka
Species: H. incisa
Binomial name
Houbricka incisa
(Bush, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Turbonilla incisa Bush, 1899 (original combination; non Koenen, 1891)
  • Turbonilla incisa var. contricta Bush, 1899 (non Folin, 1870)

Houbricka incisa, common name the incised turbonilla, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6.4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2010). Houbricka incisa (Bush, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420474 on 2011-10-26
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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