''Pyramidelloides angustus'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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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 Eulimidae. The species is one of a number within the genus ''
Pyramidelloides
''Pyramidelloides'' is a genus of minute, ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Pyramidelloides G. Nevill, 1885. Accessed through:World Register of Marine Species at http ...
''.
[(Hedley, 1898) . Warén A. (2011). Checklist of Eulimidae. pers. com. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536353 on 2013-02-24.]
References
* 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
* Severns M. (2011) ''Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells''. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Eulimidae
Gastropods described in 1898
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