Turbonilla grandis

Turbonilla grandis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4]

Turbonilla grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. grandis
Binomial name
Turbonilla grandis
A. E. Verrill, 1885 [1]
Synonyms

Pyrgiscus grandis (A. E. Verrill, 1885)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

  • Northwest Atlantic, off Virginia, USA at a depth of 2893m.

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[2]

  • Distribution: Range: 37.42°N ; 73.2°W. Distribution: USA: Virginia
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References
  1. Verrill, A. E. 1885. Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 395-452, pls. 42-44.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla grandis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160080 on 2012-03-01
  3. ITIS database
  4. Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.


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