Turbonilla lillybeckae

Turbonilla lillybeckae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species: T. lillybeckae
Binomial name
Turbonilla lillybeckae
Nowell-Usticke, 1969 [1]
Synonyms
  • Strioturbonilla lillybeckae Usticke, 1969
  • Turbonilla (Strioturbonilla) lillybeckae Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off St. Croix, Virgin Islands.

References

  1. Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix. 32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla lillybeckae Usticke, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533566 on 2012-03-01
External identifiers for Turbonilla lillybeckae
Encyclopedia of Life 4811194
WoRMS 533566


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