Turbonilla conradi

Turbonilla conradi
	Drawing of a shell of Turbonilla conradi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Turbonilla
Species:	T. conradi
Binomial name
	Turbonilla conradi; Bush, 1899 [1]
Synonyms
	Pyrgiscus conradi (Bush, 1899)

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

Description

The large and stout shell is regularly coiled. Its color is dirty waxen gray. The shell grows to a length of 12 mm. The prominent, nearly flattened protoconch is situated transverse to the axis. The teleoconch contains 12, slightly convex whorls. The shell is ornamented with coarse and fine, incised, spiral lines on the intercostal spaces and base. The suture is well marked and slightly undulating. There are about 22 transverse ribs. These are broad, rounded, straight, slightly oblique. They are separated by wider, shallow spaces crossed by 4 conspicuous, incised lines, and several indistinct, finer ones. One just above the suture forms a wide and deep groove, another similar one at the middle of the whorls, on either side and well separated from this, a distinct line, the three forming a conspicuous band. Above and below this there are other indistinct lines which, under the microscope, number six on each space; two others also appear on each side of the median groove. The base of the shell is well-rounded, cut by three distinct, well-separated, incised, spiral lines and several finer ones below. The rounded aperture is squarish. The columellar lip is straight, thickened, and well reflected.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

Gulf of Mexico : Florida at depths between 0 m and 5 m.

References

K.J. Bush (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, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1899), pp. 159
Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla conradi Bush, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420480 on 2012-03-01
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.

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[Bush-1] K.J. Bush (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, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1899), pp. 159

[WoRMS-2] Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla conradi Bush, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420480 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.