Pyramidella terebelloides

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Pyramidella terebelloides
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A shell of Pyramidella terebelloides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyramidella
Species:
P. terebelloides
Binomial name
Pyramidella terebelloides
(A. Adams, 1855)
Synonyms [1]

Obeliscus terebelloides A. Adams, 1855 (basionym)

Pyramidella terebelloides, common name the augur-like pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1] [2]

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Description

The shell is more slender than Pyramidella dolabrata terebellum. The columella has two plicae instead of three. The whorls of the teleoconch contain two or three slim chestnut lines. [3] The length varies between 14 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Pyramidella terebelloides A. Adams, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208423 on 2012-01-12
  2. ↑ Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 300; 1889
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