Turbonilla grandis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4]
| Turbonilla grandis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Turbonilla |
| Species: | T. grandis
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla grandis A. E. Verrill, 1885 [1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Pyrgiscus grandis (A. E. Verrill, 1885) | |
Description edit
The shell grows to a length of 18 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the following locations:[2]
- Northwest Atlantic, off Virginia, USA at a depth of 2893m.
Notes edit
Additional information regarding this species:[2]
- Distribution: Range: 37.42°N ; 73.2°W. Distribution: USA: Virginia
References edit
- ^ Verrill, A. E. 1885. Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 395-452, pls. 42-44.
- ^ a b c Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla grandis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160080 on 2012-03-01
- ^ ITIS database
- ^ Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
External links edit
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To ITIS
- To World Register of Marine Species