Turbonilla brachia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Turbonilla |
| Species: | T. brachia
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla brachia E.A. Smith, 1890[1]
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 1.5 mm.
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Distribution
editThe type specimen was found in the Atlantic Ocean off St Helena.
References
edit- ^ Smith, E. A. 1890. Report on the marine molluscan fauna of the island of St. Helena. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1890: 247-317, pls. 21-24
- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2012). Turbonilla brachia E.A. Smith, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556594 on 2012-03-01
- ^ Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2000). The family Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) in West Africa. 7. Addenda to the genera Eulimella and Turbonilla, with a list of the eastAtlantic species and synonyms. Argonauta 13(2): 59-80.
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