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Prestoniella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Subfamily
  
Chrysallidinae

Prestoniella is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae within the family Odostomiidae.

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Shell description

The original description by Laseron (1958) (in French) is extremely short and only states that the base of the shell is without spiral ribs.

Life history

Nothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Prestoniella include:

  • Prestoniella prestoni (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) (Type species) (as Pyrgulina prestoni)
  • Prestoniella lamyi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
  • Prestoniella affectuosa (Yokoyama, 1927)
  • Prestoniella orientalis (Nomura, 1936)

    • References

    Prestoniella Wikipedia
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