Turbonilla eritima

Turbonilla eritima
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. eritima
Binomial name
Turbonilla eritima
E. A. Smith, 1890 [1]
Synonyms

Turbonilla (Dunkeria) eritima E.A. Smith, 1890

Turbonilla eritima 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 mm.

Distribution

The type specimen was found in the Atlantic Ocean off St Helena

References

  1. ↑ Smith, E. A. 1890. Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 247-317, pls. 21-24.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla eritima E. A. Smith, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533556 on 2012-03-01
External identifiers for Turbonilla eritima
Encyclopedia of Life 19660981
WoRMS 533556


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