Turbonilla magnifica

Turbonilla magnifica
	Drawing of a shell of Turbonilla magnifica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Turbonilla
Species:	T. magnifica
Binomial name
	Turbonilla magnifica; (Seguenza G., 1879)
Synonyms
	Odostomia magnifica Seguenza G., 1879;

Turbonilla magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Description

The shell has a white or pinkish white color and is often beautifully iridescent. Its length measures 12 mm. The teleoconch contains 11-12 whorls, somewhat flattened, rounded at the impressed suture. They are longitudinally ribbed with curved ribs. The low and rounded columella is not dentate. ^[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:^[1]

Canary Islands
Cape Verde
European waters (ERMS scope)
Mediterranean Sea
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:^[1]

authority: authority with a T. in the initials according to Rolan (instead of G. according to Gofas).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gofas, S. (2012). Turbonilla magnifica (Seguenza G., 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141074 on 2012-03-01
^ 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
^ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
^ Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1997) La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus suplemento 3: 1-105. (5 June 1997)
^ G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 322

External links

[WoRMS-1] Gofas, S. (2012). Turbonilla magnifica (Seguenza G., 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141074 on 2012-03-01

[2] 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

[3] Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

[4] Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1997) La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus suplemento 3: 1-105. (5 June 1997)

[5] G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 322

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