Turbonilla curta

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

Turbonilla curta
Drawing of a shell of Turbonilla curta
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. curta
Binomial name
Turbonilla curta
Dall, 1889 [1]
Synonyms
  • Chemnitzia curta (Dall, 1889)
  • Turbonilla rentsii Clessin, 1900

Description

The shell grows to a length of 8.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations at depths between 0 m and 1170 m:[2]

  • Caribbean Sea: Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela
  • Gulf of Mexico: East Florida, Louisiana, Texas
  • Atlantic Ocean: North Carolina, West Florida
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References
  1. Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla curta Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420482 on 2012-03-01
  3. 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.
  • Clessin, S. 1900. Die Familie der Eulimidae. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet 1(28): 41-224, pl. 10-36.


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