Turbonilla capixaba

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

Turbonilla capixaba
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. capixaba
Binomial name
Turbonilla capixaba
Pimenta & Absalao, 2004[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 3.8 mm.

Distribution

The type specimen was found in the Atlantic Ocean off Espírito Santo State, Brazil, at depths between 45 m to 71 m.

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References
  1. 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
  2. WoRMS (2010). Turbonilla capixaba Pimenta & Absalao, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389148 on 2012-03-01
  3. Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
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