Turbonilla dispar

Turbonilla dispar
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. dispar
Binomial name
Turbonilla dispar
Pilsbry, 1897 [1]
Synonyms

Pyrgiscus dispar (Pilsbry, 1897)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length between 4 mm and 9.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, Uruguay ad Argentina at depths between 5 m and 65 m.

References

  1. Pilsbry, H. A. 1897. New species of mollusks from Uruguay. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 49: 290-298, pls. 6-7
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla dispar Pilsbry, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533552 on 2012-03-01


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