Misplaced Pages

Turbonilla gruveli
Apertural and abapertural view of a shell of Turbonilla gruveli
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Turbonilla
Species:	T. gruveli
Binomial name
Turbonilla gruveli Dautzenberg, 1912
Synonyms
Turbonilla gruveli var. multicostata Dautzenberg, 1912

Turbonilla gruveli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the estuary of the Congo River.

Etymology

This snail is named after Jean Abel Gruvel.

References

1. Dautzenberg P. (1912 ("1913")) Mission Gruvel sur la cote occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910). Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Oceanographique de Monaco 5(3): 1-111, pls 1-3. (December 1912). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-02-29.
2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Turbonilla gruveli Dautzenberg, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577019 on 2012-03-01
3. 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)
4. Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. G BEMON

External links

• World Register of Marine Species

• v
• t
• e

• Turbonilla
• Taxa named by Philippe Dautzenberg
• Gastropods described in 1912
• Turbonilla stubs