Pyramidella terebelloides

Pyramidella terebelloides
Drawing of a shell of Pyramidella terebelloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyramidella
Species: P. terebelloides
Binomial name
Pyramidella terebelloides
(A. Adams, 1855)
Synonyms[1]

Obeliscus terebelloides A. Adams, 1855 (basionym)

Pyramidella terebelloides, common name the augur-like pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

The shell is more slender than Pyramidella dolabrata terebellum. The columella has two plicae instead of three. The whorls of the teleoconch contain two or three slim chestnut lines. [3] The length varies between 14 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Pyramidella terebelloides A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208423 on 2012-01-12
  2. Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 300; 1889

External links

External identifiers for Pyramidella terebelloides
Encyclopedia of Life 4812635
WoRMS 208423
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