Orinella pulchella
| Orinella pulchella | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Orinella pulchella | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Orinella |
| Species: | O. pulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Orinella pulchella (A. Adams, 1854) [1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Orinella pulchella is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]
Description
The shell has a polished appearance. It is yellowish white, with a sutural chocolate band, appearing on the periphery of the body whorl. The columella has two plications. [3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Japan, Korea and the Philippines.
References
- ↑ A. Adams, Sowb. Thes. Conch , iii, p. 808, t. 171, f. 20, 1855,
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Orinella pulchella (A. Adams, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588474 on 2012-01-12
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 301 (described as Pyramidella pulchella)
External links
| External identifiers for Orinella pulchella | |
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| WoRMS | 588474 |
- To World Register of Marine Species
- gastropods.com: Tiberia pulchella; retrieved: 28 January 2012
- Ronald G. Noseworthy, Na-Rae Lim, and Kwang-Sik Choi, A Catalogue of the Mollusks of Jeju Island, South Korea; Korean Journal of Malacology, Vol. 23(1): 65-104, June 30, 2007
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