Turbonilla nivea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4][5]
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| Turbonilla nivea (only the 2 shells at the bottom are turbonilla niveas) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Turbonilla |
| Species: | T. nivea
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla nivea (Stimpson, 1851)
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 7 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Caribbean Sea
- Lesser Antilles
- Atlantic Ocean (Cobscook Bay, Gulf of Maine to Central Brazil)
Notes
editAdditional information regarding this species:[1]
- Distribution: Range: 45°N to 24°S; 75°W to 45°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Chéticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway), New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil; Brazil: São Paulo
- Habitat: intertidal and infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary
References
edit- ^ a b c d Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla nivea (Stimpson, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160084 on 2012-04-21
- ^ ITIS database
- ^ Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
- ^ Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species