Turbonilla magnifica

Turbonilla magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4]

Turbonilla magnifica
Drawing of a shell of Turbonilla magnifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. magnifica
Binomial name
Turbonilla magnifica
(Seguenza G., 1879)
Synonyms[1]
  • Odostomia magnifica Seguenza G., 1879

Description

The shell has a white or pinkish white color and is often beautifully iridescent. Its length measures 12 mm. The teleoconch contains 11-12 whorls, somewhat flattened, rounded at the impressed suture. They are longitudinally ribbed with curved ribs. The low and rounded columella is not dentate.[5]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Canary Islands
  • Cape Verde
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • Mediterranean Sea

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • authority: authority with a T. in the initials according to Rolan (instead of G. according to Gofas).

References
  1. Turbonilla magnifica Seguenza G., 1880. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 January 2019.
  2. 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
  3. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  4. Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1997) La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterostropha) en Africa occidental. 2. Los géneros Turbonilla y Eulimella. Iberus suplemento 3: 1-105. (5 June 1997)
  5. G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 322
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