Pyrgulina interstriata
Appearance
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Drawing of a shell of Pyrgulina interstriata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Pyrgulina |
Species: | P. interstriata
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Binomial name | |
Pyrgulina interstriata (Souverbie, 1866)[1]
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Pyrgulina interstriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
Description
[edit]The thin shell is subpellucid, somewhat glossy, and cinereous. The length of the shell measures 4 mm. The seven whorls of the teleoconch are longitudinally ribbed. The interstices are marked by close spiral striae;. The columella contains a stout fold.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia, Samoa and Fiji Islands.
References
[edit]- ^ Souverbie, Journ. de Conch., xiv, p. 255, 1866
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Pyrgulina interstriata (Souverbie, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588503 on 2012-01-12
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 359; 1889 (described as Odostomia interstriata)