Turbonilla bushiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Turbonilla |
| Species: | T. bushiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla bushiana A. E. Verrill, 1882[1]
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 13.5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the following locations at depths between 668 m and 2811 m:[2]
- Cobscook Bay
- Gulf of Maine
- Northwest Atlantic
- European waters (ERMS scope)
- United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
Notes
editAdditional information regarding this species:[2]
- Diet: generally for group, planktonic and minute detrital food items through either suspension or deposit feeding
- Dimensions: maximum size of 11 mm
- Distribution: Georges Bank to Long Island, New York
- Reproduction: sexes are separate but are seldom conspicuously different externally; simultaneous hermaphrodites yet self-fertilization is prevented due to various morphological, physiological, or behavioral mechanisms; generally, marine gastropods shed their eggs
References
edit- ^ Verrill, A. E. 1882. Catalogue of marine Mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region, during the past ten years. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5: 451-587, pls. 42-44, 57-58.
- ^ a b c Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla bushiana A. E. Verrill, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159915 on 2012-03-01
- ^ ITIS database
- ^ Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
- ^ Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p.
- ^ Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
- ^ Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
- Bartsch, P. 1909. Pyramidellidae of New England and the adjacent region. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 34: 67-113, pls. 11-14.
- Bush, K. J. 1909. Notes on the family Pyramidellidae. American Journal of Science 27: 475-484.
- Verrill, A. E. 1880. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. American Journal of Science (3)20: 390-403
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species