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Chrysallida mayii (Tate, 1898) [1] | |
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Chrysallida mayii, common name the May's pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [2]
The length of the shell measures 2.5 mm.
This endemic species occurs in the littoral zone and offshore off Tasmania, and South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia.
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 micromolluscs.
Egila is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia is the most speciose genus of minute sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. This genus is placed in the family Pyramidellidae in the subfamily Odostomiinae. There are several hundred species in this diverse genus
Ivara is a small genus of sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the tribe Chrysallidini, of the family Odostomiidae. The Brazilian species have been revised by Pimenta et al. (2009). There are both living and fossil species in this genus.
Boonea impressa, common name the impressed odostome, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of twelve known species within the Boonea genus of gastropods.
Odostomia alia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Brachystomia carrozzai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia dealbata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia duureni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia improbabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia kuiperi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia sitkaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Cingulina spina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia occultidens, common name the hidden-toothed pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia crassicosta, common name the thick-ribbed pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia deplexa, common name the unwoven pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia tasmanica, common name the Tasmania pyramid-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia turriculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Ondina obliqua is a rare species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Odostomia metcalfei, common name Metcalfe's pyramid shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.