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Aartsenia
Sign in to saveAartsenia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- FamilyPyramidellidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations0
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 166
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Pyramidellidae
- Collections
- LACM
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pyramidellidae
- Image
- Aartsenia arctica 001.png
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Aartsenia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
==Description== The species in this genus are very large compared to the Odostomias, looking like inflated Odostomias. Their sculpture consists of very fine lines of growth and still finer wavy closely placed spiral striations.
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