Turbonilla americana

Turbonilla americana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Turbonilla
Species:	T. americana
Binomial name
	Turbonilla americana; (d'Orbigny, 1841)
Synonyms
	Chemnitzia americana d'Orbigny, 1840 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm.

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil at depths between 45 m and 100 m..

^ 'Orbigny, A. 1840. Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5: 377-424, pls. 53, 67, 70-71. P. Bertrand: Paris.
^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla americana (d'Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533540 on 2012-03-01

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