Turbonilla lactea

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]

Turbonilla lactea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Turbonilla
Species:
T. lactea
Binomial name
Turbonilla lactea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chemnitzia campanellae Philippi, 1836
  • Odostomia elegantissima (Montagu, 1803)
  • Turbo elegantissimus Montagu, 1803
  • Turbo lacteus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Turbonilla elegantissima similis (f) Monterosato, T.A. de M. di, 1878
  • Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) elegantissima (Montagu, 1803)
  • Turbonilla (Turbonilla) lactea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Description

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]

Distribution

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

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
  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
  5. 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)
  6. "Mollusca of the North Sea: Turbonilla lactea". Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  7. "Conchiglie Veneziane". Retrieved 5 June 2012.
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