Turbonilla hecuba

Turbonilla hecuba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4][5][6]

Turbonilla hecuba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. hecuba
Binomial name
Turbonilla hecuba
Dall & Bartsch, 1913 [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) hecuba Dall and Bartsch, 1913

Description

The shell grows to a length of 6.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

  • Northwest Atlantic: off Nova Scotia at a depth of 35 m.

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[2]

  • Distribution: Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia

References
  1. Dall, W. H. and P. Bartsch. 1913. New species of mollusks from the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of Canada. Victoria Memorial Museum Bulletin 1: 139-145, pl. 10
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla hecuba Dall & Bartsch, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160081 on 2012-03-01
  3. ITIS database
  4. Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
  5. Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
  6. Mayhew, R. and F. Cole. 1994 MS. A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo.


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