Eupyrgulina

Eupyrgulina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Subfamily: Odostomiinae
Tribe: Chrysallidini
Genus: Eupyrgulina
Species

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Eupyrgulina is a genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks in the tribe Chrysallidini within the family Pyramidellidae.

Distribution

The genus mainly occurs in the Arabian Sea.

Life habits

Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are ectoparasites.

Species

Species within the genus Eupyrgulina include:

  • Eupyrgulina dautzenbergi (Melvill, 1910)
  • Eupyrgulina casta (A. Adams)
  • Eupyrgulina comacum (Melvill, 1910)
  • ...

References

  1. Melvill J. C. (1910). "F. W. Townsend". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8: 171–207.


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