Turbonilla levis, common name the delicate turbonilla, 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. levis
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla levis (C. B. Adams, 1850)[1]
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 2.8 mm to 4.6 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the following locations:[2]
- Aruba
- Bonaire
- Caribbean Sea : Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Jamaica
- Gulf of Mexico
- Atlantic Ocean: off North Carolina
References
edit- ^ Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology 5: 69-75
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla levis (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420490 on 2012-03-01
- ^ Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Menke, K. T. 1830. Synopsis methodica Molluscorum. xvi + 169. Author: Pyrmont.
- Bartsch, P. 1955. The pyramidellid mollusks of the Pliocene deposits of North St. Petersburg, Florida. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 125(2): iii + 102 pp., 18 pls.
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) levis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 1 April 2012.