Turbonilla interrupta

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]}

Turbonilla interrupta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Turbonilla
Species:	T. interrupta
Binomial name
Turbonilla interrupta (Totten, 1835)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Chemnitzia interrupta (Totten, 1835) Pyrgiscus interrupta (Totten, 1835) Turbonilla fulvocincta auct. non Thompson, 1840 Odostomia fulvocincta auct. non Thompson, 1840 Pyrgiscus fulvocincta auct. non Thompson, 1840 Pyrgiscus acicula (Holmes, 1859) Turbonilla acicula Holmes, 1859 Pyrgiscus lineata (Holmes, 1859) Turbonilla lineata Holmes, 1859 Pyrgiscus quinquestriata (Holmes, 1859) Turbonilla quinquestriata Holmes, 1859 Pyrgiscus subulata (Holmes, 1859) Turbonilla subulata Holmes, 1859 Pyrgiscus areolata (A. E. Verrill, 1873) Turbonilla areolata A. E. Verrill, 1873 Pyrgiscus lineolata (Bush, 1899) Turbonilla lineolata Bush, 1899 Pyrgiscus cascoensis (Bartsch, 1909) Turbonilla cascoensis Bartsch, 1909 Turbonilla pseudointerrupta Bush, 1909 Pyrgiscus senilis (Bartsch, 1909) Turbonilla senilis Bartsch, 1909 Turbonilla vineae Bartsch, 1909 Pyrgiscus vineae (Bartsch, 1909) Turbonilla winkleyi Bartsch, 1909

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