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Pyrgulina
Sign in to savePyrgulina is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 661
- With media
- 13
- Family
- Pyramidellidae
- Collections
- NMV, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, AM
- Recorded in
- Australia, France
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pyramidellidae
- Image
- Pyrgulina densecostata 001.png
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- Category:Pyrgulina
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Pyrgulina is a small genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.
==General description== The whorls of the teleoconch are sculptured similarly throughout. Varices are absent. The shell is marked with strong axial ribs which extend from the summit to the umbilical area The spiral markings consist of impressed lines. The fine, incised spiral striations are subequally spaced and present at the intercostal spaces between the sutures and on the base of the whorls.
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