Pyrgulina tenerrima

Species of gastropod

Pyrgulina tenerrima
Shell of Pyrgulina tenerrima (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyrgulina
Species:
P. tenerrima
Binomial name
Pyrgulina tenerrima
(Melvill, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Chrysallida (Pyrgulina) nigraerupis (Saurin, 1959)
  • Odostomia (Pyrgulina) tenerrima Melvill, 1906 (basionym)
  • Pyrgulina (Pyrgulina) tenerrima (Melvill, 1906)
  • Pyrgulina nigraerupis Saurin, 1959
  • Turbonilla hortensia Thiele, 1925

Pyrgulina tenerrima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam and in the Persian Gulf; also off the Solomon Islands.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Pyrgulina tenerrima (Melvill, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738890 on 2022-03-20
  • Thiele J. (1925). Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. II Teil. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899. 17(2): 35-382, pls 13-46
  • Saurin, E. 1962. Pyramidellidae du Golfe de Thailande. Annales de la Faculté des Sciences (Saigon) 1961: 231–266, pls. 1–5.
  • Peñas A. & Rolán E. (2017). Deep water Pyramidelloidea from the central and South Pacific. The tribe Chrysallidini. ECIMAT (Estación de Ciencias Mariñas de Toralla), Universidade de Vigo. 412 pp.

External links

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  • World Register of Marine Species
  • Melvill, J. C. (1906). Descriptions of thirty-one Gastropoda and one scaphopod from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, dredged by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1902-1904. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 7(2): 69-80, pls 7-8
  • Melvill, J. C. (1910). A revision of the species of the family Pyramidellidae occurring in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, as exemplified mostly in the collections made by Mr. F.W. Townsend (1893-1900), with descriptions of new species. iProceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 9: 171-207, pls 4-6.
  • Saurin, E. 1959. Pyramidellidae de Nhatrang (Vietnam). Annales de la Faculté des Sciences (Saigon) 1959: 223-283, pls. 1-9
Taxon identifiers
Pyrgulina nigraerupis


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