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Mormula

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Euthyneura

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Heterobranchia

Clade
  
Panpulmonata

Similar
  
Pyramidella, Cingulina, Turbonilla, Eulimella, Oscilla

Making the mormula


Mormula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Contents

Mormula secreta del zumo de gullia


Description

The thick shell is turreted and shaped like an awl, rissoid, solid, and longitudinally plicate . The aperture is large. The columella is spirally tortuous. The outer lip is thickened within. The margin acute.

Species

Species within the genus Mormula include:

  • Mormula chrysozona (Martens, 1880)
  • Mormula hirasei Kuroda, 1960
  • Mormula macandreae A. Adams, 1870
  • Mormula persarum Melvill & Standen, 1903
  • Mormula philippiana (Dunker, 1860)
  • Mormula pseudorex (Nomura, 1936)
  • Mormula rex (Pilsbry, 1904)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Mormula aureocincta Kuroda & Habe, 1971: synonym of Pyrgiscus aureocinctus (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
  • Mormula excellens G.B. Sowerby III, 1907: synonyum of Turbonilla aulica Dall & Bartsch, 1906
  • Mormula humilis (Preston, 1905): synonym of Quirella humilis (Preston, 1905)
  • Mormula rissoina A. Adams, 1864: synonym of Turbonilla philippiana Dunker, 1860
  • Mormula terebra (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of Chrysallida terebra A. Adams, 1861

    • References

    Mormula Wikipedia
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