Turbonilla ornata, common name the ornate turbonilla, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2011). Turbonilla ornata (d'Orbigny, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532307 on 2012-04-21
Description The thin, white shell is closely longitudinally ribbed and spirally striate. Its length attains 6 mm. The 10 whorls of the teleoconch are slightly convex. The suture is deep and crenulated.G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1886
Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and from North Carolina to the Dominican Republic; in the Caribbean Sea off Jamaica, Guadeloupe and Martinique.
References
External links Encyclopedia of Life Malacolog USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection World Register of Marine Species