Turbonilla maestratii

Turbonilla maestratii
Shell of Turbonilla maestratii (paratype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Turbonilla
Species:	T. maestratii
Binomial name
Turbonilla maestratii Pimenta & Absalao, 2004 [1]

Turbonilla maestratii 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 5.3 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 45 m and 50m.

References

1. Pimenta & Absalao. 2004. Bol. Malacologico, 39 (5-8) : 113-140. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-02-29.
2. WoRMS (2010). Turbonilla maestratii Pimenta & Absalao, 2004. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=389155 on 2012-03-01
3. Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.

External links

• Pimenta A.D. & Absalão R.S. (2004). Fifteen new species and ten new records of Turbonilla Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pyramidellidae) from Brazil. Bollettino Malacologico. 39 (5-8): 113-140
• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species