Turbonilla ornata

Turbonilla ornata
	Drawing of a shell of Turbonilla ornata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Turbonilla
Species:	T. ornata
Binomial name
	Turbonilla ornata; (d'Orbigny, 1840)
Synonyms
	Turbonilla protracta Dall, 1892;

Turbonilla ornata, common name the ornate turbonilla, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]

Description

The thin, white shell is closely longitudinally ribbed and spirally striate. Its length attains 6 mm. The 10 whorls of the teleoconch are slightly convex. The suture is deep and crenulated.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and from North Carolina to the Dominican Republic; in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica, Guadeloupe and Martinique.

References

^ ^a ^b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla ornata (d'Orbigny, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532307 on 2012-04-21
^ G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1886

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[WoRMS-1] Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla ornata (d'Orbigny, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532307 on 2012-04-21

[2] G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1886

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