Turbonilla coomansi

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Turbonilla coomansi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. coomansi
Binomial name
Turbonilla coomansi
Van Aartsen, 1994 [1]
Synonyms
  • Chemnitzia pusilla C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Pyrgiscus minor (Bush, 1899)
  • Turbonilla adamsi Cossmann, 1912
  • Turbonilla minor Bush, 1899

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

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs in the following locations at depths between 0 m and 538 m:[2]

  • Caribbean Sea : Colombia, Costa Rica, Jamaica
  • Gulf of Mexico: Louisiana, Texas
  • Atlantic Ocean : Brazil

References[edit]

  1. ^ Aartsen, J. J. van. 1994. Turbonilla coomansi, a new name for Turbonilla pusilla (C. B. Adams, 1850) non T. pusilla (Philippi, 1844) (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia, Pyramidellidae). Basteria 58: 198.
  2. ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla coomansi Van Aartsen, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420481 on 2012-03-01
  3. ^ 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.
  • Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology 5: 69–75.
  • Bush, K. J. 1899. Descriptions of new species of Turbonilla of the Western Atlantic fauna, with notes on those previously known. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51: 145–177, pl. 8.

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