Nisiturris fluminensis

Nisiturris fluminensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Nisiturris
Species: N. fluminensis
Binomial name
Nisiturris fluminensis
(Pimenta & Absalao, 2004)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Turbonilla fluminensis Pimenta & Absalão, 2004 (original combination)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 50 m and 100 m.

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. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2015). Nisiturris fluminensis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731395 on 2015-04-11
  3. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
External identifiers for Nisiturris fluminensis
Encyclopedia of Life 4811169
WoRMS 731395


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