''Stylopsis'' is a

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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 ...

s. In other words, they are a genus of marine

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, gastropods being a class of

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. This creature is within a particular

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of sea snail called

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 ...

.WoRMS (2011). ''Stylopsis'' A. Adams, 1860. Accessed through:

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Description

The shell is subulate, opaque, smooth, and not polished. The whorls of the teleoconch are flattened. The suture is well-impressed. The aperture is subquadrangular. The columella is straight and simple. The

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is subangular in front.Manual of Conchology vol. VIII
G.W. Tryon (1889); p. 319-320

Species

Species within the genus ''Stylopsis'' include: * '' Stylopsis pulchellus'' de Folin, 1870 * ''

Stylopsis sulcata ''Stylopsis'' is a genus of sea snails. In other words, they are a genus of marine gastropod, gastropods being a class of mollusk. This creature is within a particular family of sea snail called Pyramidellidae.WoRMS (2011). ''Stylopsis'' A. A ...

'' A. Adams, 1861 * '' Stylopsis typica'' A. Adams, 1860 ;Taxa inquerenda * '' Stylopsis marioni'' Locard, 1897 * ''Stylopsis polyskista'' de Folin, 1879 * ''Stylopsis textus'' de Folin, 1879 ;The following species were brought into synonymy: * ''Stylopsis eminuta'' de Folin, 1878 : synonym of Pyrgiscus eminutus (de Folin, 1878) * ''Stylopsis rufofasciata'' E.A. Smith, 1875: synonym of '' Derjuginella rufofasciata'' (E.A. Smith, 1875) * ''Stylopsis resticula'' (Dall, 1889): synonym of '' Bacteridium resticulum'' (Dall, 1889)

References

External links

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Pyramidellidae Monotypic gastropod genera {{Pyramidellidae-stub