''Longchaeus'' is a

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of sea snails,

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gastropod

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s 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.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415578 on 2011-10-26

Species

Species within the genus ''Longchaeus'' include: * ''

Longchaeus achates ''Longchaeus achates'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Longchaeus achates (A. Gould, 1853). Accessed through: World Registe ...

'' (A. Gould, 1853) * ''

Longchaeus acus ''Longchaeus acus'', common name the needle pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2010). ''Pyramidella acus'' (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Wo ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''

Longchaeus adamsi ''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' (Carpenter, 1864) * ''

Longchaeus auricoma ''Longchaeus auricoma'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Longchaeus auricoma (Dall, 1889). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Reg ...

'' (Dall, 1889) * ''

Longchaeus bicolor ''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' Menke, 1854 * † ''

Longchaeus canaliculatus ''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' (Gabb, 1873) * ''

Longchaeus candidus ''Longchaeus candidus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class co ...

'' (Mörch, 1875) * ''

Longchaeus conicus ''Longchaeus conicus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Longchaeus conicus (C. B. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Re ...

'' (C. B. Adams, 1852) * ''

Longchaeus eburneus ''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' (Laseron, 1959) * ''

Longchaeus folinii ''Longchaeus folinii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Longchaeus folinii (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http: ...

'' (Dall, 1889) * ''

Longchaeus inopinatus ''Longchaeus inopinatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Pyramidella inopinata'' (Schander, 1994). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...

'' (Schander, 1994) * ''

Longchaeus insularum ''Longchaeus insularum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Longchaeus insularum (Pilsbry, 1922). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Pilsbry, 1922) * † ''

Longchaeus jamaicensis ''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' (Dall, 1896) * '' Longchaeus maculosus'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''

Longchaeus mazatlanicus ''Longchaeus mazatlanicus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Longchaeus mazatlanicus (Dall & Bartsch, 1909). Accessed through: ...

'' (Dall & Bartsch, 1909) * † ''

Longchaeus menadensis ''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' (Schepman, 1907) * † ''

Longchaeus obtusatus ''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' (O. Semper, 1861) * ''

Longchaeus obtusus ''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' (Laseron, 1959) * † ''

Longchaeus olssoni ''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' (Maury, 1917) * † ''

Longchaeus plicosus ''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' (Bronn, 1838) * ''

Longchaeus suturalis ''Longchaeus suturalis'', common name the crenulated pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2010). ''Longchaeus suturalis'' (H. C. Lea, 1843). Accessed throug ...

'' (H. C. Lea, 1843) * ''

Longchaeus turritus ''Longchaeus turritus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2015). Longchaeus turritus. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinesp ...

'' (A. Adams, 1854) * † ''

Longchaeus unisulcatus ''Longchaeus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.WoRMS (2011). ''Longchaeus'' Mörch, 1875. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespec ...

'' (Dujardin, 1837) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Longchaeus calesi'' Bartsch, 1955: synonym of ''

'' (H. C. Lea, 1843) * ''Longchaeus canaliculatus'' (Sowerby II, 1874): synonym of ''Longchaeus insularum'' (Pilsbry, 1922) * † ''Longchaeus marionae'' Bartsch, 1955: synonym of ''

'' (H. C. Lea, 1843) * ''Longchaeus pricena'' (Laseron, 1959): synonym of ''

'' (Laseron, 1959) * ''Longchaeus punctatus'' (Schubert & J. A. Wagner, 1829): synonym of ''

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Longchaeus schanderi'' (van Aartsen, Gittenberger & Goud, 1998): synonym of ''

Pyramidella inopinata ''Longchaeus inopinatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). ''Pyramidella inopinata'' (Schander, 1994). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...

'' (Schander, 1994) * ''Longchaeus sulcatus'' (A. Adams, 1854): synonym of '' Longchaeus maculosus'' (Lamarck, 1822)

References

* Dautzenberg, P. (1923). ''Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles''. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74 * Laseron C.F. (1959). Family Pyramidellidae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 10(2): 177-267 * Robba E. (2013) Tertiary and Quaternary fossil pyramidelloidean gastropods of Indonesia. Scripta Geologica 144: 1-191 * Landau B.M. & LaFollette P.I. (2015). The Pyramidellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela. Cainozoic Research. 15(1-2): 13-54

External links

To World Register of Marine Species

Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642

Mörch O.A.L. (1875). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum. Malakozoologische Blätter, 22: 142-184.

Dall W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40
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