Turbonilla bushiana

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Turbonilla bushiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. bushiana
Binomial name
Turbonilla bushiana
A. E. Verrill, 1882 [1]
Synonyms
  • Odostomia bushiana (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
  • Turbonilla abyssicola Bartsch, 1909
  • Turbonilla formosa Verrill & Smith, 1880
  • Turbonilla inornata Bush, 1909

Turbonilla bushiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Description[edit]

The shell grows to a length of 13.5 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs in the following locations at depths between 668 m and 2811 m:[2]

  • Cobscook Bay
  • Gulf of Maine
  • Northwest Atlantic
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone

Notes[edit]

Additional information regarding this species:[2]

  • Diet: generally for group, planktonic and minute detrital food items through either suspension or deposit feeding
  • Dimensions: maximum size of 11 mm
  • Distribution: Georges Bank to Long Island, New York
  • Reproduction: sexes are separate but are seldom conspicuously different externally; simultaneous hermaphrodites yet self-fertilization is prevented due to various morphological, physiological, or behavioral mechanisms; generally, marine gastropods shed their eggs

References[edit]

  1. ^ Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5: 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.
  2. ^ a b c Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla bushiana A. E. Verrill, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159915 on 2012-03-01
  3. ^ ITIS database
  4. ^ Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
  5. ^ Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p.
  6. ^ Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
  7. ^ Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
  • Bartsch, P. 1909. Pyramidellidae of New England and the adjacent region. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 34: 67-113, pls. 11-14.
  • Bush, K. J. 1909. Notes on the family Pyramidellidae. American Journal of Science 27: 475-484.
  • Verrill, A. E. 1880. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science (3)20: 390-403
  • 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

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