Pyramidella elenensis

Pyramidella elenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyramidella
Species: P. elenensis
Binomial name
Pyramidella elenensis
Bartsch, 1924

Pyramidella elenensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador.

References

  1. WoRMS (2011). Pyramidella elenensis Bartsch, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575939 on 2012-01-12
  2. Keen M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press pp. 1064

External links

External identifiers for Pyramidella elenensis
WoRMS 575939


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