Turbonilla capixaba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. capixaba
Binomial name
Turbonilla capixaba
Pimenta & Absalao, 2004[1]

Turbonilla capixaba 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 3.8 mm.

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Distribution

The type specimen was found in the Atlantic Ocean off Espírito Santo State, Brazil, at depths between 45 m to 71 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. ^ WoRMS (2010). Turbonilla capixaba Pimenta & Absalao, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389148 on 2012-03-01
  3. ^ Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.

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