Turbonilla assimilans

Turbonilla assimilans
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. assimilans
Binomial name
Turbonilla assimilans
E. A. Smith, 1890 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Turbonilla assimilans E.A. Smith, 1890

Turbonilla assimilans 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 4.3 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. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla assimilans E. A. Smith, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533543 on 2012-03-01
External identifiers for Turbonilla assimilans
Encyclopedia of Life 19661064
WoRMS 533543


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