Pyramidella elenensis

Pyramidella elenensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Pyramidella
Species: P. elenensis
Binomial name
Pyramidella elenensis
Bartsch, 1924

Pyramidella elenensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Ecuador.

References

  1. WoRMS (2011). Pyramidella elenensis Bartsch, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575939 on 2012-01-12
  2. Keen M. (1971). Sea shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú. (2nd edit.). Stanford University Press pp. 1064
External identifiers for Pyramidella elenensis
WoRMS 575939


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