''Parthenina multicostata'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
, a
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
in the
family
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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 micromol ...
, the pyrams and their allies.
[Gofas, S. (2015). Parthenina multicostata (Jeffreys, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751353 on 2015-04-04][Check List of European Marine Mollusca]
References
Jeffreys J.G. 1884. ''On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' expeditions, 1868-70. (Part VIII).'' Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1882: 341-372, pl. 26-28* Peñas, A.; Rolán, E.; Swinnen, F. (2014). ''The superfamily Pyramidelloidea Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) in West Africa, 11. Addenda 3''. Iberus. 32(2): 105-206 page(s): 114
External links
CLEMAMEncyclopedia of LifeWorld Register of Marine Species
Pyramidellidae
Gastropods described in 1884
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