Turbonilla obliquata

Turbonilla obliquata
Drawing of a shell of Turbonilla obliquata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species: T. obliquata
Binomial name
Turbonilla obliquata
(Philippi, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chemnitzia obliquata Philippi, 1844 (basionym)
  • Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) obliquata (Philippi, 1844)

Turbonilla obliquata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]

Description

The length of the hyaline shell measures 3 mm. The teleoconch contains nine convex whorls with about 14 oblique small ribs and much wider, smooth interspaces. [4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:[2]

References

  1. Philippi. Enum. Moll. Sicil.,ii,p. 137, t. 24, f. 10,
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2010). Turbonilla obliquata (Philippi, 1844). 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=141080 on 2012-04-21
  3. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  4. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 324 pl. 75 # 80
External identifiers for Turbonilla obliquata
Encyclopedia of Life 4811346
WoRMS 141080
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