Turbonilla

Turbonilla
live Turbonilla acutissima
Two shells of Turbonilla tenuicula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Turbonillinae
Genus: Turbonilla
Risso, 1826
Type species
Turbonilla costulata
Risso, 1826
Synonyms[1]
  • Amamimormula Kuroda, 1928
  • Chemnitzia d'Orbigny, 1839
  • Cyrtoturbonilla F. Nordsieck, 1972
  • Dunkeria Carpenter, 1857
  • Lancea Pease, 1868
  • Lancella Dall & Bartsch, 1904 (unnecessary replacement name for Lancea Pease, 1868, by Dall & Bartsch erroneously believed to be a junior homonym )
  • Odostomia (Turbonilla) Risso, 1826
  • Paramormula Nomura, 1939
  • Pyrgolampros Sacco, 1892
  • Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) d'Orbigny, 1839
  • Turbonilla (Cylindriturbonilla) Nordsieck, 1972 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Turbonilla (Cyrtoturbonilla) Nordsieck, 1972· accepted, alternate representation
  • Turbonilla (Graciliturbonilla) Nordsieck, 1972· accepted, alternate representation
  • Turbonilla (Turbonilla) Risso, 1826
  • Variturbonilla F. Nordsieck, 1972

Turbonilla is a large genus of ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3]

This genus in its present state is not monophyletic. Many species may end up reclassified in other genera. (personal communication by Philippe Bouchet, chief editor of the Mollusca in WoRMS).[4]

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Turbonilla Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138421 on 2011-11-10
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
  4. ^ WoRMS : † Turbonilla semicostata Lozouet & Maestrati, 1982