Turbonilla lactea

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Turbonilla lactea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. lactea
Binomial name
Turbonilla lactea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]
  • Chemnitzia campanellaePhilippi, 1836
  • Odostomia elegantissima(Montagu, 1803)
  • Turbo elegantissimus Montagu, 1803
  • Turbo lacteusLinnaeus, 1758
  • Turbonilla elegantissima similis (f) Monterosato, T.A. de M. di, 1878
  • Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) elegantissima(Montagu, 1803)
  • Turbonilla (Turbonilla) lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Turbonilla lactea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm. The shell consists of almost straight-sided whorls with deep, flat sutures. Its shell, marked with "thick, flat, slightly sinuous, oblique costae" that are "indistinct on the first whorl" and prominent thereafter, has a milky-white colour, on which the Turbonilla lactea species name is based. [6] [7]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: [1]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gofas, S. (2012). Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141072 on 2012-03-01
  2. ↑ Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België (List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium). Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
  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. ↑ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  5. ↑ Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1997) La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus suplemento 3: 1-105. (5 June 1997)
  6. ↑ "Mollusca of the North Sea: Turbonilla lactea" . Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Conchiglie Veneziane" . Retrieved 5 June 2012.
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