Turbonilla belotheca

Turbonilla belotheca
Drawing of a shell of Turbonilla belotheca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Turbonilla
Species:	T. belotheca
Binomial name
Turbonilla belotheca Dall, 1889 [1]
Synonyms
Chemnitzia belotheca (Dall, 1889)

Turbonilla belotheca 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 14 mm.

Distribution

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

• Caribbean Sea
• Gulf of Mexico
• Lesser Antilles : Virgin Islands, Barbados

References

1. Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40
2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla belotheca Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420479 on 2012-03-01
3. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
• Encyclopedia of Life
• USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
• ITIS
• World Register of Marine Species