Turbonilla elegantula
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| Turbonilla elegantula | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Turbonilla elegantula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Turbonilla |
| Species: | T. elegantula |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla elegantula A. E. Verrill, 1882 | |
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Turbonilla elegantula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][3][4]
The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 6 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]
- Caribbean Sea
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Gulf of Mexico
- Mexico
- Northwest Atlantic : from Massachusetts to North Carolina.
- Puerto Rico