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]
| Turbonilla ornata | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Turbonilla ornata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Turbonilla |
| Species: | T. ornata
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla ornata (d'Orbigny, 1840)
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Description edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ 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
External links edit
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To Malacolog
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To World Register of Marine Species