Pyrgulina interstriata

Pyrgulina interstriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Pyrgulina interstriata
Drawing of a shell of Pyrgulina interstriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Pyrgulina
Species:
P. interstriata
Binomial name
Pyrgulina interstriata
(Souverbie, 1866) [1]
Synonyms
  • Odostomia densecostata Garrett
  • Odostomia interstriata Souverbie, 1866 (basionym)

Description

The thin shell is subpellucid, somewhat glossy, and cinereous. The length of the shell measures 4 mm. The seven whorls of the teleoconch are longitudinally ribbed. The interstices are marked by close spiral striae;. The columella contains a stout fold.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off New Caledonia, Samoa and Fiji Islands.

References
  1. Souverbie, Journ. de Conch., xiv, p. 255, 1866
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Pyrgulina interstriata (Souverbie, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588503 on 2012-01-12
  3. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 359; 1889 (described as Odostomia interstriata)
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