Turbonilla
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Turbonilla is a large genus of ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3]
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Turbonilla | |
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live Turbonilla acutissima | |
Two shells of Turbonilla tenuicula | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Subfamily: | Turbonillinae |
Genus: | Turbonilla Risso, 1826 |
Type species | |
† Turbonilla costulata Risso, 1826 | |
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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]