Pyramidella terebelloides

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]

Pyramidella terebelloides
A shell of Pyramidella terebelloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Pyramidella
Species:
P. terebelloides
Binomial name
Pyramidella terebelloides
(A. Adams, 1855)
Synonyms[1]

Obeliscus terebelloides A. Adams, 1855 (basionym)

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]

  • Red Sea
  • Tanzania
  • South Africa
  • the Philippines.

References
  1. 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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