Ptycheulimella
Appearance
Ptycheulimella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Subfamily: | Syrnolinae |
Tribe: | Syrnolini |
Genus: | Ptycheulimella Sacco, 1892[1] |
Type species | |
Tornatella pyramidata Deshayes. | |
Synonyms | |
Turbonilla (Ptycheulimella) Sacco, 1892 |
Ptycheulimella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell has an elongate-conic shape. The axial sculpture consists of obsolete ribs, frequently only shown in the early turns of the teleoconch. Spiral sculpture, if present, consists of microscopic striations only.[3]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Ptycheulimella include:[2]
- Ptycheulimella eulimelloides (Nomura, 1936)[4]
- Ptycheulimella hemiplicata (Nomura, 1936)[5]
- Ptycheulimella misella (Yokoyama, 1922)
- Ptycheulimella rikuzenica (Nomura, 1936)[6]
- Ptycheulimella supramisella (Nomura, 1938)[7]
- Ptycheulimella syrnoliformis (Nomura, 1938)[8]
- Ptycheulimella yabei Nomura 1939[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Sacco, I. Moll, de Piemonte e della Liguria, pl. 11, 1892, p. 59.
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Ptycheulimella Sacco, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588485 on 2011-11-29
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1886), Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 59
- ^ OBIS: Ptycheulimella eulimelloides
- ^ OBIS: Ptycheulimella hemiplicata
- ^ OBIS: Ptycheulimella rikuzenica
- ^ OBIS: Ptycheulimella supramisella
- ^ OBIS: Ptycheulimella syrnoliformis
- ^ OBIS: Ptycheulimella yabei
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