Turbonilla mumia

Turbonilla mumia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Turbonilla
Species:	T. mumia
Binomial name
	Turbonilla mumia; (A. Adams, 1861)
Synonyms
	Chrysallida mumia A. Adams, 1861; Odontostomia robusta Hedley, 1899; Pyrgostelis manorae Melvill, J.C., 1898; Turbonilla manorae Melvill, 1898; Turbonilla microscopica Laseron, 1959; Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) mumia (A. Adams, 1861);

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

Description edit

The length of the shell varies between 1.8 mm and 3.5 mm.

This marine species occurs off Japan, the Solomons and from Pakistan to Australia.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2010). Turbonilla mumia (A. Adams, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545268 on 2012-04-21
^ Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2010) Deep water Pyramidelloidea of the Tropical South Pacific: Turbonilla and related genera. In: Gofas S. (ed.) Tropical Deep Sea Benthos 26. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 200:1-436.

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