Pyrgulina

Pyrgulina
Apertural view of a shell of Pyrgulina densecostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Chrysallidinae
Genus: Pyrgulina
A. Adams, 1864
Species

See text.

Pyrgulina is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae. [1]

The genus Pyrgulina has become a synonym of Chrysallida Carpenter, 1856.

Species

Species within the genus Pyrgulina include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2011). Pyrgulina A. Adams, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236150 on 2011-11-28
  2. ^ OBIS : Pyrgulina alveata
  3. ^ Dall & Bartsch, Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific and American Pyramidellidae; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol XXX n° 1452; 1906

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