Turbonilla amoena

Turbonilla amoena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Turbonilla
Species:	T. amoena
Binomial name
	Turbonilla amoena; (Monterosato, 1878)
Synonyms
	Chrysallida brevicula (Jeffreys, 1883); Odostomia (Turbonilla) venusta Monterosato, 1875; Odostomia amoena Monterosato, 1878 (original combination); Odostomia brevicula Jeffreys, 1883 (invalid: junior homonym of Odostomia brevicula A. Adams, 1861); Odostomia compressa (Jeffreys, 1884); Odostomia venusta Monterosato, 1875 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Turbonilla venusta Issel, 1869; Odostomia amoena is a replacement name); Pyrgulina abbreviata Monterosato, 1884; Turbonilla compressa (Jeffreys, 1884);

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

Distribution

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

Description

(Original description of Odostomia brevicula, Jeffreys, 1883) The conical shell is solid, opaque, and glossy. The sculpture is short, strong, and straight. It shows rather sharp longitudinal ribs, of which there are about a dozen on the body whorl. They terminate abruptly at the periphery, which is bluntly angulated. The interstices of the ribs have an excavated appearance. Under the microscope, the whole surface is covered lengthwise with very fine and close-set striae. The apex is quite smooth and polished. The color is clear white. The spire is short. It contains four whorls (besides the bulbous and heterostrophe embryonic nucleus), compressed, and gradually enlarging. The body whorl is almost equal to half the spire. The suture is shallow and nearly straight. The aperture is oval, pointed at the base. The tooth is small and indistinct, tubercular, and placed on the upper part of the columella. There is no umbilicus.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Turbonilla amoena (Monterosato, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2019.
^ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European Register of marine species: a checklist of the Marine Apecies 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.
^ Jeffreys J.G., 1883. Mediterranean Mollusca (No. 3) and other Invertebrata. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5, 11: 393-401

Warén A., 1980. Marine Mollusca described by John Gwyn Jeffreys, with the location of the type material. Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Special publication, 1. London, 60 pp
Carrozza F. & Nofroni I., 1993. Sulla validità specifica di Turbonilla amoena (Monterosato, 1878) e sua priorità rispetto a Turbonilla compressa (Jeffreys, 1884)(Heterostropha: Pyramidellidae). Bollettino Malacologico,29: 97-191.
Giannuzzi Savelli R., Micali P., Nofroni I. & Pusateri F. (2011) Odostomia brevicula Jeffreys, 1883 junior synonym of Turbonilla amoena (Monterosato, 1878) (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pyramidellidae). Biodiversity Journal 2(4): 217-220.

External links

[WoRMS-1] Turbonilla amoena (Monterosato, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2019.

[2] Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European Register of marine species: a checklist of the Marine Apecies 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] Jeffreys J.G., 1883. Mediterranean Mollusca (No. 3) and other Invertebrata. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5, 11: 393-401

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