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Ptycheulimella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Rank
  
Genus

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

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Description

The shell has an elongate-conic shape. The axial sculpture consists of obsolete ribs, frequently only shown in the early turns of the teleoconch. Spiral sculpture, if present, consists of microscopic striations only.

Species

Species within the genus Ptycheulimella include:

  • Ptycheulimella eulimelloides (Nomura, 1936)
  • Ptycheulimella hemiplicata (Nomura, 1936)
  • Ptycheulimella misella (Yokoyama, 1922)
  • Ptycheulimella rikuzenica (Nomura, 1936)
  • Ptycheulimella supramisella (Nomura, 1938)
  • Ptycheulimella syrnoliformis (Nomura, 1938)
  • Ptycheulimella yabei Nomura 1939

    • References

    Ptycheulimella Wikipedia
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