''Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis'' is a small
sea snail
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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 comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the family
Mangeliidae.
[WoRMS (2009). Pseudorhaphitoma pyramis (Hinds, 1843). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434799 on 2018-01-08]
Description
The length of the shell attains 12 mm.
The white shell is angularly longitudinally sharp ribbed, six-sided, with close revolving striae.
G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia and Queensland, Australia
References
* Hinds, R.B. 1843. Description of new shells from the collection of Captain Belcher. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 1 11: 16–21, 36–46, 255–257
* Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1845: 108-119
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pyramis
Pyramis Group is a Greek multinational kitchen products corporation, headquartered in Thessaloniki, Greece.
History
The Decade of Establishment: 1959–1968
In 1959, Alexandros Bakatselos, Chairman of Pyramis, opened a small workshop specialis ...
Gastropods described in 1843
Taxa named by Richard Brinsley Hinds