Turbonilla aquilonaria
| Turbonilla aquilonaria | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Turbonilla |
| Species: | T. aquilonaria
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla aquilonaria Silva-Absalao, Dos Santos & De Olivera, 2003[1]
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Turbonilla aquilonaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]
Description
[edit]It was first found by the North-East Coast of Brazil .[4]
it can be identified through its tall shell without spiral sculpture and distinctly conical and almost flat-sided teleoconch whorls.[4]
The shell grows to a length of 4.7 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species was found in the intertidal zone, near Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco State, Brazil
References
[edit]- ^ Absalao, R. S., F. N. dos Santos, D. de Oliveira Tenório. 2003. Five new species of Turbonilla Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pyramidellidae) found off the northeast coast of Brazil). Zootaxa 235: 1-11
- ^ WoRMS (2010). Turbonilla aquilonaria Silva-Absalao, Dos Santos & De Olivera, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=388352 on 2012-03-01
- ^ Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
- ^ a b Absalão, Ricardo Silva; Santos, Franklin Noel Dos; Tenório, Deusinete De Oliveira (2003-07-09). "Five new species of Turbonilla Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pyramidellidae) found off the northeast coast of Brazil (02º-13º S)". Zootaxa. 235 (1): 1–11. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.235.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
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