Pyrgulina interstriata

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Pyrgulina interstriata
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Drawing of a shell of Pyrgulina interstriata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyrgulina
Species:
P. interstriata
Binomial name
Pyrgulina interstriata
(Souverbie, 1866) [1]
Synonyms
  • Odostomia densecostata Garrett
  • Odostomia interstriata Souverbie, 1866 (basionym)

Pyrgulina interstriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [2]

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Description

The thin shell is subpellucid, somewhat glossy, and cinereous. The length of the shell measures 4 mm. The seven whorls of the teleoconch are longitudinally ribbed. The interstices are marked by close spiral striae;. The columella contains a stout fold. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia, Samoa and Fiji Islands.

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References

  1. Souverbie, Journ. de Conch., xiv, p. 255, 1866
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Pyrgulina interstriata (Souverbie, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588503 on 2012-01-12
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 359; 1889 (described as Odostomia interstriata)