Turbonilla interrupta
Species of gastropod
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Turbonilla interrupta, common name the interrupted turbonille, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4][5][6]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Turbonilla |
| Species: | T. interrupta |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbonilla interrupta (Totten, 1835)[1] | |
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Description
The shell grows to a length of 8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:[2]
- Caribbean Sea: Cuba, Venezuela
- Gulf of Mexico: Mexico
- Lesser Antilles
- Atlantic Ocean: Gulf of Maine, Gulf of St Lawrence (Canada), Azores, Argentina
- Puerto Rico
- United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
- Mediterranean Sea.
Notes
Additional information regarding this species:[2]
- Diet: generally for group, planktonic and minute detrital food items through either suspension or deposit feeding
- Dimensions: maximum size of 6 to 8 mm
- Distribution: Range: 47°N to 41.7°S; 97.7°W to 37°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia; USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Georgia, Florida; Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico; Mexico: Tabasco, Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatán State, Quintana Roo; Venezuela; Venezuela: Falcon; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados, Brazil; Brazil: Amapa, Para, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Parana; Uruguay, Argentina; Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rio Negro
- Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary
- Reproduction: sexes are separate but are seldom conspicuously different externally, simultaneous hermaphrodites yet self-fertilization is prevented due to various morphological, physiological, or behavioral mechanisms; generally, marine gastropods shed their eggs