''Cyclostremella humilis'' is a

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of sea snail, a

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gastropod

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in the

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Pyramidellidae Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs. The great majority of species of pyrams are micr ...

, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of three known species to exist within the genus, ''

Cyclostremella ''Cyclostremella'' is a minor genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Cyclostremella'' Bush, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at htt ...

''. The other species being ''

Cyclostremella concordia ''Cyclostremella concordia'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of three known species to exist within the genus, ''Cyclostremella''. The other speci ...

'' and ''

Cyclostremella orbis ''Cyclostremella orbis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of three known species to exist within the genus ''Cyclostremella''. The other species be ...

''.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Cyclostremella humilis'' Bush, 1897. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420443 on 2011-10-26Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: *

Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico ( es, Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United S ...

References

External links

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)

To Encyclopedia of Life

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection

To ITIS

To World Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae Gastropods described in 1897 {{Pyramidellidae-stub