''Pyramidelloides'' is a
genus
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of minute,
ectoparasitic
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sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusk
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s or
micromollusk
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s in the
family
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Eulimidae
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Description
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.
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Species
Species within the genus ''Pyramidelloides'' include:
* ''
Pyramidelloides angulatus''
(Jickeli, 1882)
* ''
Pyramidelloides angustus''
(Hedley, 1898)
* ''
Pyramidelloides barbadensis''
Moolenbeek & Faber, 1992
* ''
Pyramidelloides carinatus''
(Mörch, 1876)
* ''
Pyramidelloides glaber''
Faber, 1990
* ''
Pyramidelloides gracilis''
(Garrett, 1873)
* ''
Pyramidelloides mirandus''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''
Pyramidelloides multicostatus''
Faber, 1990
* ''
Pyramidelloides tosaensis''
Habe, 1961
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pyramidelloides baculumpastoris''
(Melvill & Standen, 1896): synonym of ''
Teretianax baculumpastoris''
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)
* ''Pyramidelloides cylindrica''
Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''
Pyramidelloides mirandus''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''Pyramidelloides letsonae''
(Pilsbry, 1918): synonym of ''
Chrystella suta''
(Pilsbry, 1918)
* ''Pyramidelloides minutus''
(Turton, 1932): synonym of ''
Teretianax minuta''
(W. H. Turton, 1932)
* ''Pyramidelloides pacifica''
Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''
Pyramidelloides mirandus''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''Pyramidelloides pagoda''
(Powell, 1926): synonym of ''
Teretianax pagoda''
Powell, 1926
* ''Pyramidelloides suta''
(Pilsbry, 1918): synonym of ''
Chrystella suta''
(Pilsbry, 1918)
* ''Pyramidelloides suteri''
(Oliver, 1915): synonym of ''
Teretianax suteri''
(W. R. B. Oliver, 1915)
* ''Pyramidelloides triliratus''
(de Folin, 1873): synonym of ''
Teretianax trilirata''
(de Folin, 1873)
* ''Pyramidelloides turris'' L
aseron, 1956: synonym of ''
Pyramidelloides mirandus''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''Pyramidelloides viticula''
Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''
Pandalosia viticula''
(Laseron, 1956) (original combination)
References
* Nevill, G. 1885. ''Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part 2. Gastropoda.'' Calcutta : Government
* Printer pp. 1–306.
3, 95 riginal rank: subgenus [of Rissoina Transferred to Eulimidae by Warén, 1983, Zoologica Scripta, 12(4): 273, 289
* Iredale, T. 1918. ''Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions-No. 1.'' Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 13: 28-40
* Warén A. (1983) ''An anatomical description of Eulima bilineata Alder with remarks on and a revision of Pyramidelloides Nevill (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae).'' Zoologica Scripta 12(4): 273–294.
Eulimidae
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