Pyramidelloides

Pyramidelloides is a genus of minute, ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Eulimidae.[1]

Pyramidelloides
Shell of Pyramidelloides mirandus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda cladeHypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Eulimoidea
Family:	Eulimidae
Genus:	Pyramidelloides G. Nevill, 1885
Type species
Rissoa miranda A. Adams, 1861
Synonyms[1]
Pyramidelloides (Teretianax) Iredale, 1918 - alternate representation Rissoina (Pyramidelloides) G. Nevill, 1885 Teretianax Iredale, 1918 Teretinax [sic] (misspelling for Teretianax)

Species

Species within the genus Pyramidelloides include:

• Pyramidelloides angulata (Jickeli, 1882)
• Pyramidelloides angustus (Hedley, 1898)
• Pyramidelloides baculumpastoris (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
• Pyramidelloides barbadensis Moolenbeek & Faber, 1992
• Pyramidelloides carinatus (Mörch, 1876)
• Pyramidelloides glaber Faber, 1990
• Pyramidelloides gracilis (Garrett, 1873)
• Pyramidelloides minutus (Turton, 1932)
• Pyramidelloides mirandus (A. Adams, 1861)[2]
• Pyramidelloides multicostatus Faber, 1990
• Pyramidelloides pagoda (Powell, 1926)
• Pyramidelloides suteri (Oliver, 1915)
• Pyramidelloides tosaensis Habe, 1961
• Pyramidelloides triliratus (de Folin, 1873)
• Pyramidelloides viticula Laseron, 1956

Species brought into synonymy

• Pyramidelloides cylindrica Laseron, 1956: synonym of Pyramidelloides mirandus (A. Adams, 1861)
• Pyramidelloides letsonae (Pilsbry, 1918): synonym of Chrystella suta (Pilsbry, 1918)
• Pyramidelloides pacifica Laseron, 1956: synonym of Pyramidelloides mirandus (A. Adams, 1861)
• Pyramidelloides suta (Pilsbry, 1918): synonym of Chrystella suta (Pilsbry, 1918)
• Pyramidelloides turris Laseron, 1956: synonym of Pyramidelloides mirandus (A. Adams, 1861)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Pyramidelloides G. Nevill, 1885. Accessed through:World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531829 on 2014-12-25
2. Pyramidelloides mirandus (A. Adams, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

• Nevill, G. 1885. Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part 2. Gastropoda. Calcutta : Government
• Printer pp. 1–306. [73, 95] [Original rank: subgenus [of Rissoina]. Transferred to Eulimidae by Warén, 1983, Zoologica Scripta, 12(4): 273, 289
• Iredale, T. 1918. Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions-No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 13: 28-40
• Warén A. (1983) An anatomical description of Eulima bilineata Alder with remarks on and a revision of Pyramidelloides Nevill (Mollusca, Prosobranchia, Eulimidae). Zoologica Scripta 12(4): 273-294.