Turbonilla lactea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Gofas, S. (2012). Turbonilla lactea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141072 on 2012-03-01Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België (List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium). Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.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. 180-213Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.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)
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. Distribution This species occurs in the following locations: 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
Notes Additional information regarding this species: 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).
References
External links Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications)
Encyclopedia of Life GenBank Marine Species Identification Portal World Register of Marine Species