Chrysallida decorata

Chrysallida decorata
Apertural view of a shell of Chrysallida decorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Chrysallida
Species: C. decorata
Binomial name
Chrysallida decorata
(Philippi, 1849)
Synonyms

Odontostomia decorata Philippi, 1849 (basionym)

Chrysallida decorata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species is one of multiple known species within the Chrysallida genus of gastropods. [1]

Description

The shell is longitudinally plicated. The wider interstices are spirally striated. The plicae continue to the base. The six whorls of the teleoconch are slightly convex, with a well-impressed suture and a small plait. The length of the shell measures 3 mm.[2]

Distribution

The vast majority of this species is mainly distributed within the Red Sea.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Chrysallida decorata (Philippi, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588388 on 2011-11-29
  2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 364; 1889

External links

External identifiers for Chrysallida decorata
WoRMS 588388
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