Eupyrgulina

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Eupyrgulina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Heterostropha
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Chrysallidinae
Genus: Eupyrgulina
Melvill, 1910
Species

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Eupyrgulina is a genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. This genus is currently placed in the family Odostomiidae, in the subfamily Chrysallidinae.

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[edit] Distribution

The genus mainly occurs in the Arabian Sea.

[edit] Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are ectoparasites.

[edit] Species within the genus Eupyrgulina

  • Eupyrgulina dautzenbergi (Melvill, 1910)
  • Eupyrgulina casta (A. Adams)
  • Eupyrgulina comacum (Melvill, 1910)
  • ...
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[edit] References

  • Melvill, J. C. (1910). "A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F. W. Townsend (1893-1900) with descriptions of new species". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 8: 171–207. 


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