Mormula

Mormula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euthyneura
Clade: Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Mormula
A. Adams, 1863 [1]
Type species
Mormula rissoina A. Adams, 1864

Mormula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3]

Description

The thick shell is turreted and shaped like an awl, rissoid, solid, and longitudinally plicate . The aperture is large. The columella is spirally tortuous. The outer lip is thickened within. The margin acute. [4]

Species

Species within the genus Mormula include:[2]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. A. Adams, Jour. Linn. Soc., vii, p. 1, 1863,
  2. 1 2 WoRMS (2010). Mormula A. Adams, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=203962 on 26 August 2012
  3. Nomenclator Zoologicus
  4. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 297; 1889

External links

External identifiers for Mormula
WoRMS 203962
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