Turbonilla emertoni

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Turbonilla emertoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. emertoni
Binomial name
Turbonilla emertoni
A. E. Verrill, 1882 [1]

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

Description[edit]

The shell grows to a length of 4.8 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off New England at a depth of 435 m.

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. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533554 on 2012-03-01

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