''Turbolidium uniliratum'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a
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gastropod mollusk
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in the
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Pyramidellidae
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, the pyrams and their allies.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). Turbolidium uniliratum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=731409 on 2015-04-13][Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the following locations:
* Caribbean Sea
* Cayman Islands
* Gulf of Mexico
* Lesser Antilles
* Mexico
* Puerto Rico
References
* Robba E. (2013) ''Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia''. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191.
External links
Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)Encyclopedia of LifeITISWorld Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae
Gastropods described in 1899
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