Turbonilla argentina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. argentina
Binomial name
Turbonilla argentina
(Doello-Jurado, 1938)
Synonyms[1]

Eulimella argentina Doello-Jurado, 1938 (basionym)

Turbonilla argentina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

It was formerly placed in the genus in Eulimella, but a study published in November 2011 in Zootaxa, concluded that it did not belong there.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5.5 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay and Argentina.

References

  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2010). Turbonilla argentina Doello-Jurado, 1938. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=585343 on 2011-10-26
  2. ^ Pimenta A.D., F.N. dos Santos & R.S. Absalão (2011) Taxonomic revision of the genus Eulimella (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3063: 22-38; ISSN 1175-5334