Styloptygma jaculum

Styloptygma jaculum
Drawing of a shell of Styloptygma jaculum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Order: Panpulmonata
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Styloptygma
Species: S. jaculum
Binomial name
Styloptygma jaculum
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Syrnola (Styloptygma) jaculum (Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1896, "1897")
  • Syrnola jaculum Melvill & Standen, 1896

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

Description

The white sharp-pointed shell has a length of 8 mm. The teleoconch contains 11 straight and smooth whorls. These a very slightly channeled at the sutures. The aperture is oblique. The outer lip is simple; The columella is once plaited. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Loyalty Islands.

References

  1. ↑ Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315 (+ pls 9-11 published in April 1897).. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Styloptygma jaculum (Melvill & Standen, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740056 on 2015-04-16
  3. ↑ Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1896) Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Part II. Journal of Conchology 8: 273-315 (described as Syrnola jaculum)
External identifiers for Styloptygma jaculum
WoRMS 740056
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