Turbonilla major

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Turbonilla major
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. major
Binomial name
Turbonilla major
(C.B. Adams, 1852) [1]
Synonyms

Chemnitzia major C.B. Adams, 1852 (basionym)

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

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Description

The shell has an elongate-conic shape. Its length measures .39 inch. The teleoconch contains 15 whorls that are moderately convex and are marked by a well impressed suture. On each whorlsd there are about 24 stout, obtuse approximate ribs which are obsolete anteriorly. The shell shows finely impressed spiral striae over all the surface except the summit of the ribs. The outlines of the spire are rectilinear. The aperture is subovate. The outer lip is thin. The columella is straight. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama.

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References

  1. 1 2 C.B. Adams (1852), Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and geographical distribution (1852), p 167 (described as Chemnitzia major)
  2. WoRMS (2011). Turbonilla major (C.B. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=576061 on 2012-03-01
  3. Keen M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press pp. 1064: