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Turbonilla lactea

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Turbonilla lactea
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Turbonilla lactea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4][5]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 8 mm. The shell consists of almost straight-sided whorls with deep, flat sutures. Its shell, marked with "thick, flat, slightly sinuous, oblique costae" that are "indistinct on the first whorl" and prominent thereafter, has a milky-white colour, on which the Turbonilla lactea species name is based.[6][7]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Atlantic Europe
  • Azores Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone
  • British Isles
  • Canary Islands
  • Cape Verde
  • Dorset
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • Goote Bank
  • Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Irish Exclusive economic Zone
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone
  • São Tomé and Príncipe Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
  • United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Wimereux
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Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Synonymy: It is unclear why some British authors (e.g. Winckworth, 1932; Graham, 1971; McKay & Smith, 1979) prefer the junior synonym Turbonilla elegantissima (Montagu, 1803).

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