Turbonilla cynthiae

Turbonilla cynthiae
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. cynthiae
Binomial name
Turbonilla cynthiae
De Jong & Coomans, 1988 [1]

Turbonilla cynthiae 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 of 3.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Curaçao.

References

  1. ↑ Jong, K. M. de and H. E. Coomans. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 69: 1-261, 47 pls.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla cynthiae Jong & Coomans, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533549 on 2012-03-01
External identifiers for Turbonilla cynthiae
Encyclopedia of Life 19661306
WoRMS 533549


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