Turbonilla lactea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Turbonilla |
| Species: | T. lactea
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| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Turbonilla lactea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4][5]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm. The shell consists of almost stright-sided whorls with deep, flat sutures. Its shell, marked with "thick, flat, slightly sinuous, oblique costae" that are "indistinct on the first whorl" and prominent thereafter, has a milky-white colour, on which the Turbonilla lactea species name is based.[6][7]
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Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Atlantic Europe
- Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
- Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
- British Isles
- Canary Islands
- Cape Verde
- Dorset
- European waters (ERMS scope)
- Goote Bank
- Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
- Irish Exclusive economic Zone
- Mediterranean Sea
- Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
- São Tomé and Príncipe Exclusive Economic Zone
- Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
- United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
- Wimereux
Notes[edit]
Additional information regarding this species:[1]
- Synonymy: It is unclear why some British authors (e.g. Winckworth, 1932; Graham, 1971; McKay & Smith, 1979) prefer the junior synonym Turbonilla elegantissima (Montagu, 1803).
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Gofas, S. (2012). Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141072 on 2012-03-01
- ^ Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België (List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium). Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
- ^ 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
- ^ Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Mollusca of the North Sea: Turbonilla lactea". Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ^ "Conchiglie Veneziane". Retrieved 5 June 2012.