Turbonilla magnifica explained

Turbonilla magnifica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

The shell has a white or pinkish white color and is often beautifully iridescent. Its length measures 12 mm. The teleoconch contains 11-12 whorls, somewhat flattened, rounded at the impressed suture. They are longitudinally ribbed with curved ribs. The low and rounded columella is not dentate.^[4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

• Canary Islands
• Cape Verde
• European waters (ERMS scope)
• Mediterranean Sea

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:

• authority: authority with a T. in the initials according to Rolan (instead of G. according to Gofas).

External links

• Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
• CLEMAM
• Encyclopedia of Life

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
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. https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 322