Turbonilla melea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
| Turbonilla melea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Turbonilla |
| Species: | T. melea
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla melea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) melea Bartsch in Dall, 1927 | |
Taxonomy
editThis is a unreplaced junior homonym (invalid: junior homonym of Turbonilla melea Bartsch, 1924)
Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 3.3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, USA, at a depth of 538 m.
References
edit- ^ Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667): 1-134.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla melea Bartsch, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533569 on 2012-03-01
External links
edit- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species